# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 10. City of Annapolis

### Subtitle 15. Issuance or Denial of Licenses

#### Section 10-1501

(a) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 ("Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses") of Division I of this article apply in the City without exception or variation:

  (1) Sec.?4-205?("Chain store, supermarket, or discount house");

  (2) Sec.?4-206?("Limitations on retail sales floor space");

  (3) Sec.?4-207?("Licenses issued to minors");

  (4) Sec.?4-208?("Notice of license application required");

  (5) Sec.?4-209?("Hearing");

  (6) Sec.?4-210?("Approval or denial of license application");

  (7) Sec.?4-211?("License forms; effective date; expiration");

  (8) Sec.?4-212?("License not property");

  (9) Sec.?4-213?("Replacement licenses"); and

  (10) Sec.?4-214?("Waiting periods after denial of license applications").

(b) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 ("Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses") of Division I of this article apply in the City:

  (1) Sec.?4-202?("Authority of local licensing boards"), subject to Sec. 10-1502 of this subtitle;

  (2) Sec.?4-203?("Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses to individual or for use of entity"), subject to Sec. 10-1503 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title; and

  (3) Sec.?4-204?("Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises"), subject to Sec. 10-1503 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title.

#### Section 10-1502

(a) Licenses shall be approved by the Board of License Commissioners of the City and issued by the City Clerk.

(b) The Board of License Commissioners of Anne Arundel County may not issue licenses in the City.

#### Section 10-1503

Multiple licenses may be issued for the same premises or to an individual for the use of that individual, a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company if:

(1) the licenses are Class D beer or Class D beer and light wine licenses; and

(2) each premises is a bowling establishment that has at least 30 lanes with automatic pinsetters.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)