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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1507" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <text>Before the Board issues a license, the Board shall consider and determine as suitable:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the moral character and financial responsibility of the applicant;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the general fitness of the applicant to uphold the public trust; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>the appropriateness of the location described in the application, taking into consideration:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>the number of existing licenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>any objections from property owners living in the immediate neighborhood of the location described in the application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
