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    Alcohol License Moratorium Zones

    Metadata Updated: February 4, 2025

    An ABCA moratorium zone is a defined area in DC where the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration Board has:Limited the number of alcoholic beverage licenses issued;Declared a moratorium on the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses of any class;Declared a moratorium on the issuance of amended licenses that constitute a substantial change; and/orDeclared a moratorium to limit the sale of products that may be sold by off-premises retailer’s licenses class A and B.Any group with standing may make a request to the Board to issue limitations or to declare a moratorium, pursuant to the District of Columbia Official Code Title 25 Section 351, as found in the ABCA Laws and Regulations. Any moratorium issued by the Board will not apply to existing licenses.There are several neighborhood moratoriums in effect in DC:Adams Morgan Moratorium ZoneGlover Park Moratorium ZoneLangdon Park Moratorium ZoneNorth Shaw Moratorium ZoneComplete details on moratoriums may be reviewed in both DC Official Code Title 25 Chapter 3 and DC Municipal Regulations Title 23 Section 303, as found in the ABCA Laws and Regulations.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2025
    Publisher Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration
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    Data First Published 2017-11-06T18:22:02.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
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    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::alcohol-license-moratorium-zones
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
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