A Baltimore County restaurant owner said he plans to fight thousands of dollars in fines and a law he says unfairly classifies any eatery with a flutist, karaoke ? or even a jukebox ? as a nightclub.
County inspectors repeatedly have fined Larry Thanner, owner of the Dock of the Bay restaurant on Millers Island, for illegally operating as a nightclub after neighbors complained of live music wafting from the popular waterfront establishment until early morning hours. Thanner, whose property is zoned for a business but not a nightclub ? defined by live or recorded music ? paid the fines and agreed to temporarily halt live music outdoors.
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