4271412 Resolution 20-75, "Stipulated Retailer's License Class B Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013"

A RESOLUTION

 

20-75    

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

March 19, 2013

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to permit an applicant who has submitted a completed license application involving a Retailer’s Class B license to apply for and be issued a stipulated Retailer’s Class B license by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Stipulated Retailer’s License Class B Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a)  The emergency legislation would amend the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to allow the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to issue a stipulated Class B Retailer license to a Class B Retailer, which is a retailer permitted to sell beer and wine; provided, that the applicant has applied for or holds a license and has written proof that the relevant Advisory Neighborhood Commission does not object; provided further, that the applicant would stop selling beer and wine if a valid protest were to be filed against the applicant during the 45-day protest period.

            (b)  The relevant Advisory Neighborhood Commission supports the license.  

            (c)  Emergency legislation is necessary because the licensing process for the regularly issued license for an applicant opening a new Walgreens in the Chinatown neighborhood will not be completed in time for the scheduled opening on March 21, 2013.

           

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Stipulated Retailer’s License Class B Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.

           

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.