312.1 No application for a new Retailer's Class CN, DN, CT, DT, CX, or DX license shall be approved or issued in the area extending approximately six hundred feet (600 ft.) in all directions from 1909 9th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, the specific boundaries of which are set forth in Subsection 312.2. This area shall be known as the North Shaw Moratorium Zone.

312.2 The North Shaw Moratorium Zone is specifically described as the area bounded by a line as follows:

1. (a) Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Vermont Avenue, N.W., and T Street, N.W., and continuing northeast along the centerline of Vermont Avenue, N.W., until the intersection of Vermont Avenue, N.W., and Florida Avenue, N.W.;
2. (b) Then continuing southeast along the center line of Florida Avenue, N.W., to the intersection of Florida Avenue, N.W., 9th Street, N.W., and V Street, N.W.;
3. (c) Then continuing east along the center line of V Street N.W., to the intersection of V Street, N.W., and 7th Street N.W.;
4. (d) Then continuing south on 7th Street, N.W., until the intersection of 7th Street, N.W., and S Street, N.W., and containing the premises on both sides of 7th Street, N.W.;
5. (e) Then continuing west along the center line of S Street N.W., to the intersection of S Street, N.W., and 11th Street, N.W.;
6. (f) Then continuing north along the center line of 11th Street, N.W., until the intersection of 11th Street, N.W., and Vermont Avenue, N.W.; and
7. (g) Then continuing northeast along the centerline of Vermont Avenue, N.W. until it connects with the starting point of the line set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

312.3 Any license application may be subject to additional review and measurement by the Board or ABCA to determine if the moratorium is applicable.

312.4 No application for a new entertainment endorsement or change to an existing entertainment endorsement to have or add entertainment, authorize a cover charge, or offer facilities for dancing filed by a licensee under a Retailer's Class CR, DR, CT, or DT license shall be approved or issued in the North Shaw Moratorium Zone.

312.5 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of ownership of an establishment located in the North Shaw Moratorium Zone.

312.6 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board from approving the transfer of a license from an existing location within the North Shaw Moratorium Zone to a new location within the North Shaw Moratorium Zone.

312.7 A Retailer’s Class CN, DN, CT, DT, CX, or DX license, or Retailer’s Class CR, or DR license with an entertainment endorsement, located outside of the North Shaw Moratorium Zone shall not be permitted to transfer its license to a location within the North Shaw Moratorium Zone.

312.8 The Board shall not grant a change of license class application from a license holder located within the North Shaw Moratorium Zone for a Retailer’s Class CN, DN, CT, DT, CX, or DX license.

312.9 The moratorium imposed by this section shall have a prospective effect and not apply to any pending license or endorsement application that was filed with the agency on or before June 11, 2024.

312.10 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 73 DCR 001500 (February 13, 2026).