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Delegation hears narrow exception to church-distance liquor restriction for Towson development
Summary
House Bill 987 would allow a limited liquor-license exception for a restaurant in Towson’s commercial revitalization district near a place of worship if the church consents and other narrow criteria are met; sponsors and local stakeholders are negotiating technical amendments.
Delegate Nino Mangione presented House Bill 987, a narrowly drawn exception to the statutory distance restriction that generally bars certain liquor licenses within 300 feet of a place of worship. The sponsor said the bill applies only to specific circumstances in the Towson Commercial Revitalization District and would require written consent from the nearby place of worship, location in a…
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