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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1805" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Baltimore County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time without the approval of the zoning commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In an area of Cecil County where the Cecil County Office of Planning and Zoning has jurisdiction, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time until the applicant has obtained zoning approval from that office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Howard County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time without the approval of the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Within 3 working days after an application for a trader’s license is submitted for review to the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning, the Director shall notify the clerk of the approval or disapproval of the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In Calvert County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license without the approval of the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning for all new licenses and for any changes to a location for an existing license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The clerk shall indicate on each trader’s license the place where the licensed trader may do business as a trader.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A clerk may not issue a trader’s license until the clerk reviews the accuracy of the statement made by the applicant on the application for a trader’s license under § 17–1804 of this subtitle regarding the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
