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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-1503" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall accept and process a license application before the construction of the establishment at the location described in the application, if the application includes detailed plans of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the establishment to be constructed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the parking area to be provided; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the general traffic flow in the area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license application shall be processed in the same manner as a license application for a location on which the establishment is already constructed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Approval of the application is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>completion of the establishment in accordance with the plans under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>approval by the county building inspector, the county health department, and an inspector for the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an approved license application is not used within 1 year after the date of approval, the approval is void unless the applicant files a written application with the Board for an extension.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may approve or deny an extension.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall provide written notice to the applicant at the time of application that the approval is void if the license is not in use within 1 year after the date of approval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
