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License commissioners ask council to loosen restaurant rule for package stores, allow earlier golf-course sales and rethink petition requirement
Summary
The Wicomico County Board of License Commissioners on Sept. 2 asked the council to support three changes to local alcohol rules: decouple package-store (class A) licenses from a restaurant requirement, allow earlier golf-course alcohol sales to attract tournaments, and reconsider the 10-signature petition-of-support requirement.
The Wicomico County Board of License Commissioners presented three requests at the Sept. 2 work session and asked the council for a letter of support.
1) Class A separation: The board asked the county to amend local code so holders of a class A beer, wine and liquor (package-store) license would not also be required to operate a class B restaurant. The board said Wicomico is the only Maryland county with this combined requirement and that the rule imposes an undue burden on holders of the limited class A licenses.…
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