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A RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
March 5, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue the extension of
the Streatery Program through 2024 and to clarify endorsement deadlines for certain
classes of licensees.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Streatery Program and Endorsement Deadline Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) The Reopen Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Amendment Act
of 2022, effective June 30, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-127; 69 DCR 507), allowed Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board (“Board”) licensed establishments that registered with the Board to offer beer,
wine, or spirits for sale on expanded outdoor space (“Streatery Program”) until December 31,
2023.
(b) The District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) extended the Streatery Program
deadline through December 31, 2024, to allow DDOT more time to develop regulations and
guidelines needed to facilitate a permanent Streatery Program, and, in December 2023, the
Council enacted legislation, which likewise extended the Streatery Program but did not clarify
the deadlines by which specific licensees must pay their annual fees. The December 2023
emergency will expire on March 20, 2024.
(c) It is necessary to amend current law to clarify that while most alcohol licensees are
required to make their annual payment this year by April 1, 2024, the annual payment for
taverns, nightclubs, and breweries is due on September 30, 2024.
(d) To avoid confusion as a result of having multiple deadlines and to ensure
administrative efficiency and a customer-friendly process, it is necessary that new legislation that
continues the Streatery Program extension but that also clarifies that breweries, taverns, and
nightclubs can pay their Streatery Program fee for 2024 at the same time that their annual liquor
license fee is due be enacted.
(e) It is of vital importance that the clarifying provisions of the Streatery Program and
Endorsement Deadline Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be enacted as soon as
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Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Streatery Program and Endorsement
Deadline Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.