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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-13 Decision on application.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-13" heading="Decision on application.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Board to decide.">The Board must notify the applicant in writing of its decision to grant or deny the license as follows:<para num="(1)">if no hearing is held under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§1-12|(c)"&gt;§ 1-12(c) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, within 15 days after the last day of the 15-day posting period; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">if a hearing is held under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§1-12|(c)"&gt;§ 1-12(c) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, within 15 days after conclusion of the hearing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Denial.">
      <para num="(1)">Any denial of an adult-entertainment business license must be based solely on the qualifications set forth in &lt;cite data-path="|15|§1-11"&gt;§ 1-11 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The notice of a denial must:<para num="(i)">specify the reasons for the denial; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">notify the applicant of the opportunity to request a hearing under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§1-30"&gt;§ 1-30 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8b6(5th, 6th sens), §11.0-8b5(1st, 3rd 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>
