Article 2B, Section 10-301
License renewals will be handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 2B, Section 10-301, and as described in this section.
(a) Applications
(1) Applications for renewal of licenses must be filed between February 1 and March 31 of each year on forms provided by the Board. The Board may receive late applications during April, and may fine the licensee in an amount not to exceed $50.00 for each day the application is late.
(2) If an expiring license is subject to any restriction or suspension, the new license will be issued subject to the same restriction or suspension.
(3) A fee of $100.00 must be paid at the time a renewal application is submitted to cover the cost of processing the application.
(b) Renewal Hearings
(1) A hearing on the renewal application will not be scheduled unless:
(i) a protest against the granting of the renewal is filed no more than ninety (90) days and at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the license for which renewal is sought, and includes the name and location of the facility; the reason(s) for the protest, the printed name and address of each person signing the protest, the signature and date of each person signing the protest; and is signed by at least ten (10) residents or real estate owners in the immediate vicinity in which the licensee's place of business is located; or
(ii)
the Board in its own discretion deems such a hearing is necessary.
(2) All renewal hearings will be heard and determined in the same manner as a case for an original application for a license.
(c) If the Board finds that a licensee is not qualified to obtain a renewal of the expiring license, the Board will not renew the expiring license, but may issue instead a renewal of the class or type of license for which the Board finds the licensee to be qualified.
(This subsection revised October 1, 2009.)
(d) Criminal Convictions
(1) The Board will not renew the license of any person who during the license year has been convicted of any offense against the laws of the State or the United States which in the judgment of the Board is of such a nature as to render the licensee unfit or unqualified to obtain a renewal of the license.
(2) In all cases where a renewal may be denied on the basis of a criminal conviction, the Board will hold a public hearing at which all relevant facts and circumstances of the offense may be inquired into, before the Board renders a decision regarding renewal.
(e) Any licensee who fails to have the renewed license on the licensed premises by opening of business on May 1st may be charged with a violation of the provision regarding display of licenses.
Article 2B, Section 10-505