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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="32" subtitle_number="15" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1501" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–202�(“Authority of local licensing boards”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–206�(“Limitations on retail sales floor space”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–207�(“Licenses issued to minors”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§�4–209�(“Hearing”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§�4–211�(“License forms; effective date; expiration”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§�4–213�(“Replacement licenses”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§�4–214�(“Waiting periods after denial of license applications”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 (“Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–203�(“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses to individual or for use of entity”), subject to §§ 32–1502 and 32–1506 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–204�(“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises”), subject to §§ 32–1502 and 32–1506 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–205�(“Chain store, supermarket, or discount house”), subject to § 32–1503 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§�4–208�(“Notice of license application required”), subject to § 32–1507 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§�4–210�(“Approval or denial of license application”), subject to § 32–1508 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§�4–212�(“License not property”), subject to § 32–1509 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1502" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>The prohibitions against one person being issued more than one license under § 4–203 of this article do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class 6 pub–brewery license issued under § 2–208 of this article or a Class 7 micro–brewery license issued under § 2–209 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license issued under § 32–902 of this article if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the resident applicant is a resident of the county at the time of application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the minimum capital investment in the premises is at least $200,000 or the premises have a fair market value of at least $200,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1503" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>Section 4–205 of this article does not apply to a license issued under:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>§ 2–208 or § 2–209 (regarding pub–brewery and micro–brewery licenses) of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>§ 32–902 (regarding Class B beer, wine, and liquor licenses) of this title if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the resident applicant is a resident of the county at the time of application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the minimum capital investment in the premises is at least $200,000 or the premises have a fair market value of at least $200,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1504" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>For purposes of this subtitle, a married couple is considered to be one person. </text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1505" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may give tentative approval to issuing a license for an establishment that is not completed or that is to be remodeled or renovated, based on the building plans and specifications that accompany the application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may give final approval of a license application under this section on completion of the construction, remodeling, or renovation in accordance with the plans and specifications.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1506" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>Multiple licenses may be issued for the same premises or to an individual for the use of that individual, a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the licenses are Class D beer or Class D beer and wine licenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each premises is a bowling establishment that has at least 30 lanes with automatic pinsetters.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1507" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In addition to the newspaper notice required under § 4–208 of this article, the Board shall post a suitable notice in a conspicuous place at the location described in an application for at least 10 days before the application hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A notice under this section shall state the class of license for which the application is made and the date, time, and location set by the Board for an application hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1508" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board shall make a physical inspection of the location described in the application before issuing a license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <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 appropriateness of the location described in the application, taking into consideration the number of existing licenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>the general fitness of the applicant to engage in the business authorized by the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1509" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>A license is not subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a writ of execution by a judgment creditor of a license holder; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a distraint for rent.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>