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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-1507" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <text>The waiting periods specified in § 4–214(a) of this article do not apply if the grounds for the denials were that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the license was not necessary to accommodate the public;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>under the license, the premises would not be suitable for the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>the Board determined the applicant not to be a proper license holder.</text>
  </level>
</section>
