D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 23, r. 23-1901
Any person, group, licensee, or business organization may make a written request to the Board for general information concerning staff procedures, Board procedures, the Act, this title, or any other matter of a general nature affecting the licensing of alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia.
The Board shall respond to all such letters in writing, and may refer the writer directly to a member of the ABRA Staff, to a specific section of the Act or this title, or to other District of Columbia government officials. The response may also suggest that the writer retain the services of an attorney to properly advise him or her as to how to proceed in a particular matter. If the writer's inquiry is so broad, inexact, or vague that the Board is unable to respond, the Board shall so advise the writer and may request that the writer provide additional information.
Any statement contained in the Board's letters of information provides only general guidance to the writer and shall not be binding on the writer or binding on the Board if the Board is later presented with a more particularized factual situation. Further, the Board's responses shall not provide any basis for appeal to any court in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 23, r. 23-1901