D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 23, r. 23-304
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 this section 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.
The Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone is more specifically described as beginning at 18th Street and Vernon Street, NW; and proceeding on both sides of all streets, unless otherwise noted; West on Vernon Street to 19th Street; Northwest on 19th Street to Wyoming Avenue; Southwest on Wyoming Avenue to 20th Street;
Northwest on 20th Street to Belmont Road; West on Belmont Road to Waterside Drive; North on Waterside Drive to Allen Place; East on Allen Place to 20th Street; North on 20th Street to Biltmore Street; North on Biltmore Street to Calvert Street; East on Calvert Street to Lanier Place; Northeast on Lanier Place to Adams Mill Road; Northwest on Adams Mill Road, and then Northeast to Ontario Road; East on Ontario Road to Lanier Place; Northeast on Lanier Place to Quarry Road; Southeast on Quarry Road to Columbia Road; Northeast on Columbia Road to Mozart Place; South on Mozart Place to Euclid Street; East on Euclid Street to 16th Street; South on the West side of 16th Street to Florida Avenue; Southwest on Florida Avenue to U Street, and West on U Street to 18th Street, Washington, D.C.
The following license classes shall be exempt from the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone:
The number of Retailer's licenses Class CT, CX, DT, or DX located within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone shall not exceed ten (10). 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 ten (10). Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Board from approving a change of license class application that was filed with the Board by the holder of a Retailer's license Class CR or DR located within the Adams Morgan Moratorium Zone prior to August 2, 2006.
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.
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.
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.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a valid protest of any transfer or change of a license class.
The moratorium shall have a prospective effect and shall not apply to any license granted prior to the effective date of this section or to any application for licensure pending on the effective date of this section.
This section shall expire three (3) years after the date of publication of the notice of final rulemaking in the District of Columbia Register.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 23, r. 23-304