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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-210" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before deciding whether to approve an application and issue a license, a local licensing board shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the public need and desire for the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number and location of existing license holders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the potential effect on existing license holders of the license for which application is made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the potential commonality or uniqueness of the services and products to be offered by the business of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the impact of the license for which application is made on the health, safety, and welfare of the community, including issues relating to crime, traffic, parking, or convenience; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other factor that the local licensing board considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The local licensing board shall deny a license application:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>if the local licensing board determines that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the granting of the license is not necessary to accommodate the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the applicant is not a fit person to receive the license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the applicant has made a material false statement in the application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the applicant has acted fraudulently in connection with the application; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>if the license is issued, the operation authorized by the license would unduly disturb the peace of the residents of the neighborhood of the location described in the application; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for other reasons that the local licensing board considers sufficient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (a) of this section, if a local licensing board does not find grounds listed under subsection (b) of this section to deny a license application, the application shall be approved and the local licensing board shall issue the license for which application is made on payment of the fee required to the local collecting agent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
