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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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ARTICLE 2B. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES |
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TITLE 9. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ISSUE OF LICENSES. |
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SUBTITLE 2. LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. |
§ 9-219. St. Mary's County
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(a) Applicability. -- This section applies only in St. Mary's County.
(b) Premises near churches or schools; exceptions. --
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board of License Commissioners may not approve any application for a license to sell alcoholic beverages in any building the nearest wall of which measured in a direct line is within 300 feet of the nearest point of the main buildings of any public or nonpublic kindergarten, elementary or secondary school, church or other place of worship.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection is not applicable:
(i) To an application for a Class B (on-sale) beer, wine and liquor license for a premises located in Leonardtown; or
(ii) In the event any school, church, or other place of worship locates its building within 300 feet of any licensed premises after the licensed premises are there established.
(c) Drive-through facilities. -- The Board of License Commissioners may not issue or transfer an off-sale alcoholic beverages license of any class for the use in a business that is intended to be operated as a drive-through purchase facility where alcoholic beverages are to be sold at retail and dispensed through a window or door to a purchaser in or on a motor vehicle for off-premises consumption.
(d) Class A alcoholic beverages license with off-sale privilege. --
(1) The Board of License Commissioners:
(i) May not issue more than 1 Class A alcoholic beverages license with an off-sale privilege for each unit of 1,350 people in each election district in the county; and
(ii) Shall maintain the license quota stated in item (i) of this paragraph by using the population figures of the most recent St. Mary's County Planning Commission annual report.
(2) A license issued under this subsection may not be transferred from one election district to another election district unless the transfer can be made without exceeding the license quota stated in paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.