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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="9-1506" title_number="9" title_name="Allegany County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may deny a license application if it decides that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant is unfit to be issued the license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the location described in the application is not a proper one with reference to ensuring the public peace, general welfare, or character of the neighborhood.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Due regard shall be given to the number of licenses issued for a neighborhood.</text>
  </level>
</section>
