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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-12 Posting; objections.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-12" heading="Posting; objections.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Posting required.">On filing an application for a license (other than a renewal license), the applicant must post the proposed location for 15 days, in accordance with the Board’s rules and regulations.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="9 or fewer objections.">If, within the 15-day posting period, the Board receives no more than 9 written objections from property owners or residents within the same election precinct as the proposed location, the adult-entertainment business license may be issued.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="10 or more objections.">
      <para num="(1)">If, within the 15-day posting period, the Board receives 10 or more written objections from property owners or residents within the same election precinct as the proposed location, the Board must hold a hearing on the matter.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Unless the applicant agrees to a later date, the hearing must be held within 15 days after the last day of the 15-day posting period.</para>
      <para num="(3)">At the hearing, parties in interest and citizens must be given an opportunity to be heard.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8b6(1st-4th, 8th sens)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
