PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 3

(III)   The Board may restrict the number of licenses or prohibit
additional licenses in any specified area, when, in the opinion of the Board, the area has
[either;]:

1.       Sufficient licensed premises for the accommodation of the
public; [, or]

2.       Become saturated with licensed premises to the extent that
special policing is required and traffic hazards are created [therein,]; or

3.       Changed character so that the existing number of licensed
premises is inconsistent with present usage of the area and an increase in the NUMBER
OF licensed premises located within the area will unduly disturb the peace of [the] ITS
residents [therein].

(IV)   A specified area may be restricted by the Board [, in its
discretion,] for any period [of more than] BETWEEN one [year, but not for a period of
more than] AND four years. At the end of the period fixed by the Board, the restrictions
shall terminate and be of no further effect, unless the Board conducts another hearing
and further restricts the number of licenses [in the manner provided herein] AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

[(b)] (2) The Board shall [be required to] conduct a hearing on restricting the
number of licenses or [prohibition of] PROHIBITING additional licenses in any specified
area upon the receipt of a petition requesting [such] THE restriction or prohibition and
designating the specific area to be restricted. [, provided the] THE petition [is] SHALL
BE signed by at least [twenty-five] 25 persons who are property owners and registered
voters of the precinct in which the proposed restricted area [lies] IS LOCATED.

[9-202.1.]

[(b)] (C) (1) (I) [The words "transfer or assignment" as used in] IN THIS
subsection [(a-1) of this section shall mean] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(II) "TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT" MEANS the transfer or assignment
of a license from the licensee to whom issued to a new licensee and [shall] DOES not
mean the transfer of a license permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the premises
designated in the [said] license to other premises within the 1,000-foot limitation set
forth in THIS subsection [(a)].

[(c)] (III) [The words "extended] "EXTENDED for the same building" [as used in
subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to mean] MEANS the extension of the
area of the premises licensed and [shall] DOES not [be construed to] mean a change in
the operational classification of [a] AN EXISTING license [now existing, excepting],
EXCEPT when [such] THE change is from a Class B, C or D license to a Class H license.

[(a)] (2) (I) [In Anne Arundel County a] A new license may not be granted to
sell alcoholic beverages in any building located within 1,000 feet in a straight line from
entry to entry from a church or school. [, but the]

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