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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1407" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board or the Board’s designee shall examine each application for the issuance or transfer of a license within 45 days of receipt of the application to determine whether the application is complete.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an application for the issuance, transfer, or renewal is not complete unless the applicant has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>obtained zoning approval or verification of zoning if the application is for renewal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submitted all documents required in the application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>paid all fines and fees that are due; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for the renewal of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license, a Class A–2 beer, wine, and liquor license, or a Class A–7 beer, wine, and liquor license, submitted an affidavit as required by § 12–1804.2 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An application for the issuance, transfer, or renewal of a Class B–D–7 license that may be issued under § 12–1603(c)(8) of this title in the Old Goucher Revitalization District under § 12–1603(e) of this title is complete without an applicant obtaining zoning approval or verification of zoning.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license hearing may not be scheduled unless the Board determines that the application is complete.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complete application with all submitted documents shall be posted online at least 14 days before the hearing date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The postponement of a hearing shall be posted online not less than 72 hours before the hearing date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To incorporate a change in the application document after the Board or the Board’s designee has determined the application to be complete, the applicant shall submit the change to the Board not later than 15 days before the scheduled hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the hearing on the application, an applicant may change the application only at a new hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall impose a fine that it determines for failure to comply with the requirements under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
