Section 23-311. LANGDON PARK MORATORIUM ZONE

 

311.1 The number of retailer’s licenses class CN and CX permitted in the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone, which extends approximately six hundred feet (600 ft.) in all directions from the intersection of Bladensburg Road, N.E. and 24th Place, N.E., Washington, D.C., shall not exceed three (3). No new entertainment endorsements for class CR and CT retailer’s licenses shall be issued in the moratorium zone.

 

311.2    The Langdon Park Moratorium Zone is more specifically described as the area bounded by a line beginning at the 2200 block of 24th Place, N.E.;  continuing in a northeast direction to the 2200 block of 25th Place, N.E.; continuing east to the 2400 block of Bladensburg Road N.E.; continuing in a southeast direction to the 2800 block of V Street N.E.; continuing southwest along the north side of the 2700 block of New York Avenue, N.E. to the 2000 block of Bladensburg Road, N.E.; continuing in a northwesterly direction to the 2200 block of Adams Place, N.E.; continuing north to the 2100 block of Queens Chapel Road, N.E.

 

311.3 All hotels, whether present or future, shall be exempt from the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone.

 

311.4 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of ownership of a retailer’s license class CN or CX within the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone that was in effect or for which an application was pending prior to the effective date of this section, subject to the requirements of Title 25 of the D.C. Official Code and this title.

 

311.5 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of a license from a location within the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone to a new location within the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone.

 

311.6 A license holder outside the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone shall not be permitted to transfer its license to a location within the Langdon Park Moratorium Zone. 

 

311.7 Nothing in this section shall prohibit a valid protest of any transfer or change of license class.

 

311.8 The moratorium shall have a prospective effect and shall not apply to any license granted prior to the effective date of this section or to any application for licensure pending on the effective date of this section.

 

311.9This section shall expire three (3) years after the date of publication of the notice of final rulemaking in D.C. Register.

 

 

authority

Section 101(a) of the Title 25, D.C. Code Enactment and Related Amendments Act of 2001, effective May 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 13-298; D.C. Official Code § 25-351(a) (2012 Repl. & 2017 Supp.)), and in accordance with 23 DCMR § 303.1.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7244 (July 28, 2017).