# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 12. Baltimore City

### Subtitle 15. Issuance or Denial of Licenses

#### Section 12-1501

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

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

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

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

  (8) Sec.?4-213?("Replacement licenses").

(b) Section 4-214 ("Waiting periods after denial of license applications") of Division I of this article does not apply in the City and is superseded by Sec. 12-1507 of this subtitle.

(c) 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.Sec. 12-1502 and 12-1503 of this subtitle;

  (2) Sec.?4-203?("Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses to individual or for use of entity"), subject to Sec.Sec. 12-1504 and 12-1505 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III and Subtitle 16, Part II of this title;

  (3) Sec.?4-204?("Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises"), subject to Sec. 12-1505 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title; and

  (4) Sec.?4-208?("Notice of license application required"), subject to Sec. 12-1506 of this subtitle.

---

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