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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-14 Term and renewal of licenses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-14" heading="Term and renewal of licenses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Term.">Each adult-entertainment business license expires annually on June 30 and is renewable as provided in this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Application for renewal.">
      <para num="(1)">To renew an adult-entertainment business license, the licensee must apply no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the license expires.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The renewal application must be in the form and contain the information that the Board requires.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Approval.">On filing the renewal application and payment of the renewal fee, the Board may approve the application, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Protest and hearing.">
      <para num="(1)">If, before the end of the renewal period, 10 or more written objections from property owners or residents within the same election precinct as the licensed premises are filed with the Board, the Board must hold a public hearing on the proposed renewal.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Parties in interest and citizens must be given an opportunity to be heard.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Any denial of a renewal license must be based solely on the standards set forth in &lt;cite data-path="|15|§1-28"&gt;§ 1-28 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8b4, 8f</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>
