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Elijah's General Store asks Dorchester County to consider tiered licensing or hardship waiver to ease $2,500 fee
Summary
A Toddville general store asked the liquor board for a hardship exemption or a tiered licensing fee structure to reduce the $2,500 annual fee for Class A licenses and urged the county to consider payment plans or code changes to protect small rural businesses.
A presenter identified a financial hardship for Elijah's General Store in Toddville and asked the board to consider reducing the county's flat $2,500 annual liquor-license fee or to create a tiered or hardship exemption for small, low-volume establishments.
"As a general store, we provide essential goods and services to local residents," the presenter said, and asked the board to consider either reducing the Class A fee in his case or allowing a payment plan. The written proposal submitted to the board…
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