172677 REQUEST MADE BY ANC 2E TO CONTINUE THE GEORGETOWN LIQUOR LICENSE MORATORIUM ZONE WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ABC LICENSES

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE REGULATION ADMINISTRATION

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE

 

Request made by Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (ANC 2E) to continue the Georgetown Liquor License Moratorium Zone

With Two Additional ABC Licenses

 

 

            The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (Board) announces a public hearing to receive testimony on the request of ANC 2E to continue the Georgetown Liquor License Moratorium Zone with two additional ABC licenses when the existing moratorium expires. 

 

The current Georgetown Liquor License Moratorium Zone is set to expire on April 14, 2010.  The Georgetown Moratorium Zone extends approximately eighteen (1800) hundred feet in all directions from the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, NW, and N Street, NW, Washington, DC.  ANC 2E has requested that the Board expand the existing moratorium to add two additional new licenses to increase flexibility somewhat in recognition of the large number of licenses in safekeeping.  ANC 2E’s written submission indicates that the moratorium has worked well and that ANC 2E supports the continuation of the moratorium as described above. 

 

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at 1250 U Street, NW, 2^nd Floor Board Hearing Room, Washington, D.C.  20009.  Individuals who wish to testify should contact Cynthia Simms at [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail] by March 19, 2010.  E-mail contacts should include the full name, title, and affiliation -- if applicable -- of the person(s) testifying.  Witnesses should bring seven (7) copies of their written testimony to the Board.

 

            If you are unable to testify and wish to comment, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to Charles Brodsky, Chairman, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, 1250 U Street, NW, 3^rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009, no later than 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2010.