Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

and beer [license] LICENSES Classes A and D, so that the total number of licenses
granted in these classes [shall] DOES not exceed more than one to every 1300 persons
residing in [Allegany] THE County as determined by the last [U.S.] FEDERAL census.

[(d-1)] (F) (1) Subject to the population limitations on licenses elsewhere
provided in this article, [after July 1, 1972,] the Board of License Commissioners may
not issue any additional beer, wine and liquor Class A or Class D license, except in the
case of a transfer of a presently operating business establishment having a license, subject
to the approval of the Board as elsewhere provided in this article. [However, the]

(2) (I) THE Board may continue to issue special permits to holders of
Class D beer and Class D beer and light wine licenses as provided in § 7-101(h), provided
that the number of special permits issued does not exceed 35.

(II) Any holder of a Class D beer or Class D beer and light wine
license who applies for and receives a special permit as provided in § 7-101(h) shall
receive a pro rata credit for any unexpired portion of the license [he] THE LICENSEE
holds when [he] THE LICENSEE receives the special permit.

[(e)] (G) The number of Class C [, or club,] licenses issued for the retail sale of
alcoholic beverages [in Allegany County shall] MAY not at any time exceed [sixty (60)]
60.

[(f)] (H) The Board [shall have full power and authority to] MAY limit and
restrict the number of licenses which [they shall consider] IT CONSIDERS sufficient for
any neighborhood, to regulate and limit the use of mechanical music boxes and other
sound-making [devices] DEVICES, and to prescribe areas in which [no] licenses [shall]
WILL NOT be issued. Any applicant or licensee feeling aggrieved by any limitation,
restriction or prohibition imposed by [any such] THE Board [shall be entitled to] MAY
appeal [as hereinafter provided].

[(g)] (I) [No] A Class A, B, or D beer, wine and liquor license [shall] MAY NOT
be granted, transferred or issued to, or for use in conjunction with, or upon the premises
of, or upon premises having any direct or indirect connection with or access to any food,
drug or pharmaceutical, or other business establishment of the type commonly known as
chain stores, supermarkets, or discount houses [, in Allegany County].

[9-202.] 9-203.

(a) [In] THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Anne Arundel County. [, the]

(B) (1) (I) THE Board of License Commissioners [shall be authorized to]
MAY restrict any specified area within the County to the existing number of licenses
[therein] IN THAT AREA or to any other number of licenses it [may, in its discretion,
deem] DEEMS appropriate.

(II) Before any specified area [shall be] IS restricted, the Board shall
conduct a hearing on the proposed restricted area. [which] THE HEARING shall be
advertised in the manner required for the issuance of a new license. After testimony is
taken for and against the restriction of licenses in a specified area, the Board may
prohibit the issuance of additional licenses, or fix the number of licenses to be permitted
in [such] THAT [area] AREA, and shall determine the limits of that area.

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