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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-10 Term and renewal of license.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-10" heading="Term and renewal of license.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Term.">Each late-night operations license expires annually on the anniversary of its issuance and is renewable as provided in this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Application for renewal.">To renew a license, the licensee must:<para num="(1)">apply no less than 60 days nor more than 90 days before the license expires; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">in accordance with the Department’s rules and regulations, post the premises for 15 days.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Approval.">On filing the renewal application and payment of the renewal fee, the Department may approve the application, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Objections; Review.">
      <para num="(1)">If, within the 15-day posting period, 10 or more written objections from real property owners, commercial tenants that are not themselves holders of or applicants for a late-night operations license, or residents within the impact area of the business, the Department must:<para num="(i)">deny the application; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">within 7 days after the last day of the 15-day posting period, notify the applicant of the denial and of the applicant’s right to appeal to the Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Within 30 days of receiving the notice of denial, the applicant may appeal to the Director for an administrative review of the application.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The filing of an appeal to the Director does not stay the decision of the Department pending the Director’s decision.</para>
      <para num="(4)">The considerations and decision of the Director shall be as provided in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 25-013" data-path="|15|§9-9"&gt;§ 9-9 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  12-011</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-336</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
