§ 9-210. Dorchester County

   (a) Proximity of premises to schools or churches. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in Dorchester County, a new license may not be granted to sell any alcoholic beverage in a building with a wall within 300 feet in a direct line of the nearest point of the main building of a public or nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school, or church or other place of worship.

(b) Exceptions. -- Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:

   (1) The granting of a license for a premises located within the restricted distance if a license to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises existed as of October 1, 1996;

   (2) An application for a Class B (on-sale) beer, wine and liquor license for a premises in Cambridge or Secretary; or

   (3) A premises issued a special or temporary license.

HISTORY: An. Code, 1951, § 47; 1947, ch. 501, § 44; 1989, ch. 5, § 15; 1996, ch. 366; 2007, ch. 374; 2009, chs. 50, 51.