(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Board may not issue more than one Class A license of any type for every 4,000 residents of the county, as determined by the latest federal census.
(b) This section does not apply to a Class A license issued for use in an existing shopping center or in a proposed shopping center development for which a building permit has been issued that contains 200,000 or more square feet of commercial retail space.