City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0072R

• File #: 08-0072R
• Version: 0
• Name: Board of Liquor License Commissioners - Location of Outlets Near Church or School
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/6/2008
• In control: Public Safety and Health Committee
• Final action: 8/10/2009
• Title: Board of Liquor License Commissioners - Location of Outlets Near Church or School FOR the purpose of requesting the members of the Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners to report to the City Council on the procedures utilized to enforce the prohibition against the existence of liquor establishments within 300 feet of a church or of a school and to consider the feasibility of requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2009 Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to increase the distance of the prohibition.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Liquor Licenses Commissioners, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/10/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
8/10/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
7/13/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/16/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/9/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/9/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/9/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/6/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
10/6/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Board of Liquor License Commissioners - Location of Outlets Near Church or School

FOR the purpose of requesting the members of the Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners to report to the City Council on the procedures utilized to enforce the prohibition against the existence of liquor establishments within 300 feet of a church or of a school and to consider the feasibility of requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2009 Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to increase the distance of the prohibition.
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The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City was created by the State Legislature after the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933. “At that time it became apparent that appropriate controls and licensing of alcoholic beverages at the retail level were necessary in the State of Maryland to insure public safety”.

The Board of Liquor License Commissioners is an agency of the State. As a body, the Board administers the statutes, laws, ordinances, and its own Rules and Regulations regarding the operation of the approximately 1,470 alcoholic beverage establishments in the City.

In Baltimore City, the Maryland Annotated Code provides that no new license or removal of an existing license shall be gra...