Evening star., 1933-11-28
Measure Would Regulate
Licenses and Sites of Sale
Legislation Also Provides for Repeal of
Previous LaUs in District-Ndmes of
Beverages Are Defined.

The advertisement so published shall
contain the name of the applicant and
a description by street and number, or
other plain designation, of the partic-
ular location for which the license is re-
quested and the class of license desired.
Such notice shall state that remon-
strants are entitled to be heard before
the granting Of such license and shall
ing.
There shall also be posted and main
tanned by the board a notice, in q con-
Spicuous place, on the outside OF the
premises. This notice shall state that
remonstrants are entitled to be heard
before the granting of such license and
shal! name the same time and place for
such hearing as set out in the public
advertisement and, if remonstrance
against the granting Of such license
Is filed. no final action shall be taken
by the board until the remonstrant
shall have had an opportunity to be
heard, under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by said board.
Station Sales Banned.
Section 10. No license shall be
granted to sell beverages in the waiting
room Of any station or depot for any
| steam or electric railroad or bus COM
pany or other carrier for transportation
of passengers, whether such depot or
station is owned or operated by such
| carrier or Is owned or operated by any
person, partnership, corporation or as
sociation.
| Section co. No license shall be
granted for the sale Of beverages in
any building, a part of which is used
| as a dwelling or lodging house, unless
the application therefor shall be ac-
! companied by an affidavit signed and
sworn to by the applicant, stating that
access from the portion Of said build
ing so used as dwelling or lodging
house to the portion where the said
applicant desires to sell said liquor Is
effectively closed, unless the board shall
mdOrse upon such application that 1t
has dispensed with such requirement
for reasons considered by it to be sat-
isfactory and shall also indorse thereon
said reasons.
Would Forfeit License.
If any way Of access from the other
portion Of said building to the portion
used for the sale of such liquor shall
be opened after such license is granted,
without the consent OF the board in
| dorSed on said license, such license
shall thereupon become and be forfeited
with or without notice from the said
board and shall be null and void.
And said board may order seals to
be so placed that such way of access
cannot be opened without breaking the
same. and the breaking or removal of
such seals or ether methods of pre-
venting access so ordered and pro-
vided shall be prima facie evidence of
a violation of this section. The above
provision shall not apply to hotel
or club.
Restrictions for Church
And School Areas Made.
Section 21. (a) No retail license.
other than q retail license OF class C"
or "D' issued for club or hotel, or
retail license class e." shall be issued
or remain in force for any place of busi-
private or parochlal primary, elementary
or high school; provided, however, that
the board is not required to revoke a
Sa If at OF
school is established within said dis
tance Of the place of business of said
ncensee after the granting of said
license. 81
(b) No retail license, other than q
, retail license Of class &C" or class ID"
| issued for club or hotel or q retail
license class "E' shall be issued for any
place Of business within feet
| of any house of religious worship es-
! tabl1shed within such distance Of such
place of business at the time Of the
filing of the application for said license:
| provided, however, that this subsection
shall not prohibit the granting of any
license for any place Of business es-
| tablished within such distance prior to
April S. 1898.
(c) Said distance of feet
shall be measured between the nearest
street entrance to said place of business
and said school or house Of religious
worship by the shortest line on, over,
or across any public travelled way be-
tween such entrances.
Residential Districts.
Section %. No retailers license ex-
cept Of class "E" shall be issued for any
business conducted in a residential use
district as defined in the coming regula-
tions and shown in the official aliases
OF the Zoning Commission, except for q
restaurant conducted in q hotel, apart
ment house or club. and then only when
the entrance to such restaurant Is en-
tirely inside of the hotel. apartment
house or club and no sign or display is
visible from the outside of the build
ing.
No wholesalers license shall be is
sued for any establishment conducted
in such residential use district and no
manufacturers license shall be issued
for any establishment conducted in a
residential or first commercial use dis
| trict as defined in the Zoning regula-
tions and shown in the official aliases
OF the Zoning Commission.
Board Must Approve Any
Transfer Of Licenses.
Section %. No license shall be
transferred by the licenSee to any other
person or to any other place, except
with the written consent Of the board,
upon regular application therefor in
writing, and after notice and hearing,
as herein provided for an original ap-
plication for license. and the fee to
be paid by the party applying for such
shall be paid to the collector Of taxes
for the District of Columbia before such
transfer is made. Provided, that the
board shall not allow the transfer of
the license of any person against
whom there is pending in the courts
or before the board any charge Of
keeping disorderly house, or Of vio-
lating this law or the laws against
gambling in the District of Columbia
Section "a. All applicants who have
had license during the preceding year
who SO desire, shall apply for a re-
newal OF such license on or before the
first day Of OF
each license year.
Refunding Of Fees.
Section Is. In the event of the death
OF a person having q license under this
act during the license year, there shall
be refunded to the personal representa-.
tive of the deceased the amount OF the