D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 23, § 304
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304.1 No new Retailer's License Class CN, CT, CX, DN, DT, or DX shall be issued for a period of three (3) years from the effective date of final rules, in the area that extends approximately eighteen hundred (1800) feet in all directions from 2459 18th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. This area shall be known as the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone.
304.2 The Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone is defined as the area bound by a line beginning at 18th Street and Vernon Street, NW, and proceeding on both sides of all streets unless otherwise noted; west on Vernon Street, NW to 19th Street, NW; northwest on 19th Street, NW to Wyoming Avenue NW; southwest on Wyoming Avenue, NW to 20th Street, NW; northwest on 20th Street, NW to Belmont Road, NW; west on Belmont Road, NW to Waterside Drive, NW; north on Waterside Drive, NW to Allen Place, NW; east on Allen Place, NW to 20th Street, NW; north on 20th Street, NW to Biltmore Street, NW; north on Biltmore Street, NW to Calvert Street, NW; east on Calvert Street, NW to Lanier Place, NW; northeast on Lanier Place, NW to Adams Mill Road, NW; northwest on Adams Mill Road, NW and then northeast to Ontario Road, NW; east on Ontario Road, NW to Lanier Place, NW; northeast on Lanier Place, NW to Quarry Road, NW; southeast on Quarry Road, NW to Columbia Road, NW; northeast on Columbia Road, NW to Mozart Place, NW; south on Mozart Place, NW to Euclid Street, NW; east on Euclid Street, NW to 16th Street, NW; south on the west side of 16th Street to Florida Avenue; southwest on Florida Avenue to U Street, and west on U Street, NW to 18th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
304.3 The following license classes shall be exempt from the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone:
304.4 The number of Retailer's licenses Class CT, CX, DT, or DX located within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone shall not exceed sixteen (16). The number of Retailer's licenses Class CN or DN shall not exceed zero (0). The holder of a Retailer's license Class CR or DR located within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone shall be prohibited from changing its license class except when the number of Retailer's licenses Class CT, CX, DT, or DX in the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone is fewer than sixteen (16).
304.5 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of
ownership of a retailer's license Class CR, CT, CX, DR, DT, and DX within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone that was in effect or for which an application was pending prior to the effective date of this section, subject to the requirements of Title 25 of the D.C. Official Code and this title.
304.6 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of a license from a location within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone to a new location within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone.
304.7 A license holder outside the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone shall not be permitted to transfer its license to a location within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone, unless exempt by § 304.3.
304.8 Nothing in this section shall prohibit a valid protest of any transfer of a license or change of a license class.
304.9 The limitations imposed by this section shall not apply to any license granted prior to the effective date of this section.
304.10 This section shall expire three (3) years after the date of publication of the notice of final rulemaking in the District of Columbia Register.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 6441 (July 20, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 4309 (April 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 3816 (April 15, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12991 (December 26, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 2938 (April 17, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 11841 (August 28, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 1196 (February 7, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 005432 (May 2, 2025).