199.1 When used in this title, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

ABRA - the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.

Act - Title 25, D.C. Code Enactment and Related Amendments Act of 2001.

ANC - an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

Applicant - a person who has made an application for licensure or for a permit, and who has an application pending before the Board.

Back-up drinks - shall include second drinks served as part of a 'two-for-one' promotion, second drinks served just prior to last call and second drinks provided complimentary by the licensee or purchased by other patrons. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, back-up drinks shall not include two different drinks served together such as a beer and a shot or any other industry drink that can be considered a shot and a mixer. The prohibition against back-up drinks shall also not apply to the service of wine with a meal where the patron has not finished a previously served cocktail.

Board - the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

Customer - the event host who contracts for catering services.

Entertainment - live music or any other live performance conducted by an actual person or persons, including but not limited to: live bands, karaoke, comedy shows, poetry readings, and disc jockeys. The operation of a jukebox, a television, a radio, or other prerecorded music shall not be considered entertainment.

Fact-finding hearing - a hearing held by the Board to obtain further information from an applicant in response to either (1) a licensing request or (2) an investigation conducted by ABRA.

Letter of information - a written request from the Board for further factual information in response to a request for an advisory opinion.

Licensure period - the period of time between the authorized beginning and expiration dates for each license.

Menu - any presentation, whether written, spoken, or visual, of food offerings regularly available in a restaurant.

OTR - Office of Tax and Revenue

Placards - written notices posted at an establishment for the purpose of notifying the public of action involving a license.

Primary American source - the manufacturer, distiller, rectifier, vintner or importer of the brand of alcoholic beverages at the time that the beverage became a marketable product in the United States, or its duly authorized agent.

Problem event - disruptive activity or conduct at a catered location that adversely affects one or more of the appropriateness standards set forth in D.C. Official Code § 25-313.

Roll call hearing - the proceeding specified in a placard posted at an applicant's premises. It is at this hearing that the applicant and the protestant(s) are introduced to each other and to the Board and where the grounds for objection to the license application are read to the public.

Safekeeping hearing - proceeding held by the Board to determine whether reasonable cause exists to extend the period that a license is held in safekeeping with the Board or whether the license should be cancelled by the Board.

Stipulated license - a temporary license issued to an applicant who has received a written letter of support from the ANC where the establishment is located that complies with the Board procedures set forth in § 200.1. This type of license shall be issued to the applicant only after the time that placards have been posted by the establishment and shall expire when the applicant receives a permanent license or is protested by an entity with standing under D.C. Official Code § 25-601, whichever comes first.

Status hearing - the proceeding where the parties inform the Board of their progress in attempting to resolve the contested case through informal negotiations. It is at this hearing where the parties can request the Board to schedule the contested case for an official settlement conference or a protest hearing.

Title - Title 23 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 4309 (April 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12991 (December 26, 2008).