S.B. 668

VETOES

by unanimous action of the Board approve the application for any license to sell alcoholic
beverages more than 300 feet from any elementary or secondary school, church[,] OR
other place of worship, public library, or youth center sponsored or conducted by any
governmental agency provided that the land upon which the building is situated in which
the licensee would operate is classified in a commercial or industrial zone under the
applicable zoning ordinance and is adjacent and/or contiguous to other land which is
similarly, classified under said zoning ordinance. Nothing in this section shall apply to or
affect or prohibit, in any manner, the renewal, transfer, or reissuance of a prior license of
any license of any establishment where subsequent to the original granting of said license
a school, church[,] OR other place of worship, public library or youth center was erected
within 750. feet of the establishment. For the purposes of this section, reissuance shall be
limited to a new license for the establishment issued within one (1) year from the date of
expiration or revocation of a prior license provided the revocation did not result from acts
of the owner of the establishment.

(b) (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the
Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners by unanimous vote may approve
AN APPLICATION FOR an alcoholic beverages license of an applicant for a restaurant
establishment which is located on land classified in or near a CBD zone (central business
district zone), in or near the Rockville Town Center Performance District, or in or near
the Takoma Park Transit Impact Area, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i) 1. If the restaurant building is outside the respective zone,
district, or area the measurement of the distance of the nearest point of the restaurant
building to the nearest boundary line of the respective zone, district, or area is 500 feet or
less; or

2. The restaurant building is entirely contained in land
classified in the respective zone, district, or area;

.                  (ii) The issuance of the requested license will not adversely affect

nearby schools, churches, youth centers or the nearest residential community; and

(iii) Except for the distance restrictions provided in subsection (a) of
this section, the restaurant otherwise qualifies under this article for the issuance of the
license requested.

52C.

(a) In Queen Anne's County, when application for a license is made to sell
alcoholic beverages in a building which has not been completed, the Queen Anne's
County Board of License Commissioners may give tentative approval of the application
on the basis of plans and specifications accompanying the application. Upon completion
of the building in accordance with the specifications, the Board [of License
Commissioners] may [give final approval of the application] ISSUE THE LICENSE.

52D.

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