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Board clarifies festival participation rules after Sykesville late-notice dispute
Summary
A Sykesville restaurant's late request to participate in the Art and Wine Festival prompted the board to explain how catering riders, one-day licenses and the state nonprofit festival permit operate and to advise local businesses to use town packet letters going forward.
A late request by Tyler Wittig of Locomotive to participate in Sykesville's Art and Wine Festival prompted the Carroll County Board of License Commissioners to clarify how the county's rules apply to town-organized festivals and to urge businesses to follow a town-provided packet procedure going forward.
Wittig told the board he understood a catering-rider provision allowed a 10-day notice for off-premises catering events because he had relied on a prior year's practice. Board staff explained the…
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