# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 13. Baltimore County

### Subtitle 15. Issuance or Denial of Licenses

#### Section 13-1501

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

  (1) Sec. 4-202 ("Authority of local licensing boards"), subject to Sec. 13-1502 of this subtitle;

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

  (3) Sec. 4-204 ("Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises"), subject to Subtitle 13, Part III and Subtitle 16, Part II of this title;

  (4) Sec. 4-208 ("Notice of license application required"), subject to Sec. 13-1504 of this subtitle; and

  (5) Sec. 4-214 ("Waiting periods after denial of license applications"), subject to Sec.Sec. 13-1505 and 13-1506 of this subtitle.

#### Section 13-1502

The Board may not issue a Class A or Class D beer license, beer and wine license, or beer, wine, and liquor license to a person that holds an out-of-state alcoholic beverages license.

#### Section 13-1503

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and Sec. 13-1606 of this title, a person may not have an interest in more than one license issued by the Board, regardless of whether that interest is held or controlled by direct or indirect ownership, stock ownership, interlocking directors or interlocking stock ownership, or any other direct or indirect manner.

(b) This section does not apply to a license issued for a place operated as a hotel, motel, or motor court that has at least 100 rooms.

#### Section 13-1504

(a)

  (1) Before the Board may approve an application for a license, the Board shall publish notice of the application two times in 2 successive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore County.

  (2) The Board may fulfill the notice requirement under paragraph (1) of this subsection by posting online notice of an application hearing at least 14 days before the application hearing date.

  (3) In addition to the newspaper notice required under Sec. 4-208 of this article and paragraph (1) of this subsection, or the online notice authorized under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board shall post a suitable notice in a conspicuous place at the location described in the application for at least 10 days before holding a hearing on the application.

(b) A notice under this section shall state the class of license for which application is made and the date, time, and location set by the Board for an application hearing.

#### Section 13-1505

The waiting periods specified in Sec. 4-214(a) of this article apply even if the grounds for the denials were that the license was not necessary to accommodate the public. 

#### Section 13-1506

(a) If a license application is denied, another license application for the same location may not be made for 1 year after the denial.

(b) If a license application for a location is denied twice, a license may not be issued for the same location for 2 years after the second denial.

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