# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 9. Allegany County

### Subtitle 16. Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans

#### Section 9-1601

(a) The Board may:

  (1) restrict the number of licenses in a neighborhood to the number of licenses that the Board considers sufficient;

  (2) regulate the use of mechanical music boxes and other sound-making devices; and

  (3) specify areas in which licenses will not be issued.

(b) An applicant or license holder who is aggrieved by any limitation, restriction, or prohibition imposed by the Board under subsection (a) of this section may petition for judicial review.

#### Section 9-1602

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Board may not issue:

  (1) Class A and Class D beer, wine, and liquor licenses so that the number of licenses issued in each of these classes exceeds one for every 1,300 residents in the county, as determined by the latest federal census; and

  (2) Class A and Class D beer licenses or Class A and Class D beer and light wine licenses so that the aggregate number in these classes exceeds one for every 1,300 residents in the county, as determined by the latest federal census.

(b) The Board may approve the transfer of a license.

#### Section 9-1603

(a) This section applies to:

  (1) Class A beer licenses, beer and light wine licenses, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses;

  (2) Class B beer licenses, beer and light wine licenses, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses; and

  (3) Class D beer, wine, and liquor licenses.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Board may not issue a license specified in subsection (a) of this section to a person whose establishment is outside:

  (1) a municipality; or

  (2) a community with at least 500 residents in a 1-mile radius.

(c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the prohibition against issuing a license in subsection (b) of this section does not apply to:

  (1) a restaurant that derives more than 50% of its average monthly gross receipts from sales other than alcoholic beverages; or

  (2) a hotel or motel that has at least 20 rooms regularly for hire and that offers meals for sale as a regular and substantial part of its business.

(d) A license issued under subsection (c) of this section may not be reissued, renewed, or transferred if the license holder fails to continue to comply with the requirements of this section.

#### Section 9-1604

Not more than 60 Class C licenses may be in existence at any one time. 

#### Section 9-1605

A Class A, Class B, or Class D beer, wine, and liquor license may not be issued for, transferred to, used in conjunction with, used at a location having a direct or indirect connection with, or used at the location of:

(1) a chain store;

(2) a supermarket; or

(3) a discount house.

#### Section 9-1606

(a) Except for a club, hotel, or motel, the Board may not issue a license for an establishment that does not front on a public street.

(b) A blind or an obstruction may not prevent an individual passing along the street from having a full view of the licensed premises.

#### Section 9-1607

Not more than two Class B-D licenses may be issued in a single year.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)