Bill > H4185

This bill authorizes the town of Acton to grant a total of 23 additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises, specifically allowing for 16 new licenses for all alcoholic beverages and 6 new licenses for wines and malt beverages, with the remaining license being a duplicate of one already accounted for in the total. These new licenses are intended to be issued under Chapter 138 of the General Laws, which governs alcoholic beverages, but with exceptions to certain existing restrictions, particularly section 17 which often limits the number of licenses. The bill details how these licenses will be distributed, with some being restricted to specific districts within Acton like Kelley's Corner, West Acton Village, and Village Residential, as well as Limited Business and East Acton Village districts, while others will be unrestricted and available anywhere restaurants are permitted by zoning. Additionally, the licensing authority can require these new licenses to be held by businesses that also possess a common victualler license, which is a license to sell prepared food. The bill also outlines procedures for transferring these licenses to new locations, ensuring they remain subject to their original location restrictions, and for reissuing licenses that are cancelled or revoked, requiring new applicants to be in good standing with state tax and unemployment departments.