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Ch. 519 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
10-202.
(a) (2) (i) This paragraph does not apply in [Baltimore City or] Harford
County.
(ii) Before approving an application and issuing a license, the board
shall consider:
1. The public need and desire for the license;
2. The number and location of existing licensees and the
potential effect on existing licensees of the license applied for;
3. The potential commonality or uniqueness of the services
and products to be offered by the applicant's business;
4. The impact on the general health, safety, and welfare of
the community, including issues relating to crime, traffic conditions, parking, or
convenience; and
5. Any other necessary factors as determined by the board.
(iii) The application shall be disapproved and the license for which
application is made shall be refused if the Board of License Commissioners for the
City or any county determines that:
1. The granting of the license is not necessary for the
accommodation of the public;
2. The applicant is not a fit person to receive the license for
which application is made;
3. The applicant has made a material false statement in his
application;
4. The applicant has practiced fraud in connection with the
application;
5. The operation of the business, if the license is granted, will
unduly disturb the peace of the residents of the neighborhood in which the place of
business is to be located; or
6. There are other reasons, in the discretion of the board,
why the license should not be issued.
(iv) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if no such findings
are made by the board, then the application shall be approved and the license issuing
authority shall issue the license for which application is made upon payment of the
fee required to the local collecting agent.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2006.
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