Legislation authorizing the Board of Selectmen to grant additional liquor licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages

VOTED: That the Town authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to file a petition, in substantially the following form, with the General Court:

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE TO GRANT 35 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES AND 5 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF WINES AND MALTS TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the licensing authority of the Town of Brookline may grant 35 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, and 5 additional licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of chapter 138, provided, however, that such licenses are issued to an establishment that holds a Common Victuallers license pursuant to section 2 of chapter 140 of the General Laws. The licenses granted under this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.

(b) The licensing authority shall restrict the licenses authorized by this section in the following manner:

(i) 1 license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to an entity located at the parcel depicted on page 59 of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas, as block number 238, lot number 01;

(ii) 2 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located at the parcels depicted on page 29B of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas, as block number 138, parcel numbers 01 and 02.

(iii) 1 license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to an entity located at the parcel depicted on page 29B of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas as block number 135, lot number 01.

(iv) 4 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located at the parcels depicted on page 29B of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas as block 135, lot numbers 10-11, 12-13, 14, 15, 17-18, and 19-22;

(v) 3 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located at the parcels depicted on page 9 of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas as block number 045, lot numbers 01, 11 and 02-01;

(vi) 5 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located at the parcels depicted on page 122A of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas as block number 425, lot numbers 07, 07-01, 07-09, 10, 10-01, 11 and 12;

(vii) 4 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located at the parcel depicted on page 8 of the Town of Brookline Assessor's Atlas as block number 042, lot number 11-01;

(viii) 15 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages may be granted to entities located in any of the "Development Opportunity Areas," the boundaries of which are shown on a map titled "Development Opportunity Areas (Map 6-A, 6-B, and 6-C)" dated August 2017;

(viiii) 5 licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages may be granted to entities located in any of the "Development Opportunity Areas," the boundaries of which are shown on a map titled shown on a map titled "Development Opportunity Areas (Map 6-A, 6-B, and 6-C)" dated August 2017.

(c) A license granted under this section shall only be exercised in the dining room of a Common Victualler and in such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable and appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing.

(d) Once issued, the licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the licenses to any other location but it may grant the licenses to new applicants at the same location if the applicants file with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the division of unemployment assistance indicating that the licenses are in good standing with the department and that all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions have been paid.

(e) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or if any such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority and the licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant at a parcel or within the development opportunity areas under the same conditions as specified in this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

The General Court may make such amendments as are within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.