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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1513" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall approve an application and issue the license for which application is made if the Board determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issuing the license is necessary for the accommodation of the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the applicant is a fit person to receive the license for which application is made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the applicant has not made a material false statement in the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the applicant has not acted fraudulently in connection with the application or the operation of the underlying business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>if the license is issued, the operation of the business will not unduly disturb the peace of the residents of the neighborhood in which the business is to be located; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>there are no other reasons, in the discretion of the Board, why the license should not be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall maintain a record of licenses issued.</text>
  </level>
</section>
