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99 S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
1010 IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1111 JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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1414 A N A C T
1515 RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
1616 Introduced By: Representative Joseph M. McNamara
1717 Date Introduced: February 21, 2023
1818 Referred To: House Corporations
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2121 It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
2222 SECTION 1. Section 3-7-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail Licenses" 1
2323 is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
2424 3-7-19. Objection by adjoining property owners — Proximity to schools and 3
2525 churches. 4
2626 (a) Retailers’ Class B, C, N and I licenses, and any license provided for in § 3-7-16.8, shall 5
2727 not be issued to authorize the sale of beverages in any building where the owner of the greater part 6
2828 of the land within two hundred feet (200′) of any point of the building files with the body or official 7
2929 having jurisdiction to grant licenses his or her objection to the granting of the license, nor in any 8
3030 building within two hundred feet (200′) of the premises of any public, private, or parochial school, 9
3131 including any facility that serves as a pre-kindergarten school or establishment, or a place of public 10
3232 worship. In the city of East Providence, retailer’s Class A licenses shall not be issued to authorize 11
3333 the sale of beverages in any building within five hundred feet (500′) of the premises of any public, 12
3434 private, or parochial school, or a place of public worship. 13
3535 (b) As used in this section, “private school” means any nonpublic institution of elementary 14
3636 or secondary (K-12th grade) (pre-K through grade 12) education, accredited or recognized as a 15
3737 private school by the department of elementary and secondary education or the school committee 16
3838 of the city or town having jurisdiction over private schools. 17
3939 (c) This section shall not apply to any Class B or C license holder whose license was issued 18
4040 prior to January 1, 1978, nor shall this section apply to, or constitute the basis of, an objection to, 19
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4444 or disapproval of, the transfer of a Class B or C license where the location of the licensed 1
4545 establishment predates the location of the public, private, or parochial school, or place of public 2
4646 worship. 3
4747 (d)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 4
4848 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 5
4949 any proposed retailer Class B, C, or I license intended to be located within the following described 6
5050 area(s) in the city of Providence: 7
5151 (A) Beginning at a point, that point being the intersection of the southerly line of Smith 8
5252 Street and the easterly taking line of Interstate Route 95; 9
5353 Thence running in a general southwesterly direction along the easterly taking line of 10
5454 Interstate Route 95 to the center line of Kingsley Avenue; 11
5555 Thence turning and running northwesterly in part along the southerly line of Kingsley 12
5656 Avenue to its intersection with the southerly line of Harris Avenue; 13
5757 Thence turning and running westerly along the southerly line of Harris Avenue to its 14
5858 intersection with the southerly line of Atwells Avenue; 15
5959 Thence turning and running easterly along the southerly line of Atwells Avenue to the 16
6060 easterly taking line of Interstate Route 95; 17
6161 Thence turning and running in a general southerly and southeasterly direction along the 18
6262 easterly taking line of Interstate Route 95 to the center line of Pine Street; 19
6363 Thence turning and running northeasterly along the northerly taking line of I-195 to its 20
6464 intersection with the northerly taking line of I-195; 21
6565 Thence turning and running northeasterly along the northerly taking line of I-195 to its 22
6666 intersection with the westerly shore line of the Providence River; 23
6767 Thence turning and running northerly along the westerly shore line of the Providence River 24
6868 to its intersection with the southerly line of Crawford Street; 25
6969 Thence running northwesterly across Dyer Street to the intersection of the westerly line of 26
7070 Dyer Street to the southerly line of Custom House Street; 27
7171 Thence running northerly in part along the southerly line of Dyer Street and in part along 28
7272 the westerly line of Market Square to its intersection with the westerly line of Canal Street; 29
7373 Thence turning and running northerly along the westerly line of Canal Street to its 30
7474 intersection with the southerly line of Smith Street; 31
7575 Thence turning and running westerly along the southerly line of Smith Street to the point 32
7676 and place of beginning. 33
7777 (B) Beginning at a point, that point being the intersection of the westerly line of Brook 34
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8181 Street and the northerly line of Wickenden Street; 1
8282 Thence running in a general westerly direction along the northerly line of Wickenden Street 2
8383 to the intersection of Wickenden Street and Benefit Street; 3
8484 Thence running in a general northerly direction along the easterly line of Benefit Street to 4
8585 the intersection of Benefit Street and Sheldon Street; 5
8686 Thence turning and running in an easterly direction along the southerly line of Sheldon 6
8787 Street to the intersection of Sheldon Street and Brook Street; 7
8888 Thence turning and running in a general southerly line to the intersection of Brook Street 8
8989 and Wickenden Street that being the point of beginning. 9
9090 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 10
9191 Newport shall, after application, have authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 11
9292 proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located within the following described area in the 12
9393 city of Newport: 13
9494 Beginning at a point, that point being the intersection of the southerly line of Broadway 14
9595 and the easterly line of Courthouse Square; 15
9696 Thence running in a general northeasterly direction along the southerly line of Broadway 16
9797 a distance of one hundred and two feet (102′) to a point at the southeasterly corner of land now or 17
9898 formerly owned by the Newport Historical Society; 18
9999 Thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction ninety-eight and nine-tenths feet 19
100100 (98.9′) along the southwesterly border of land now or formerly owned by the Newport Historical 20
101101 Society; 21
102102 Thence turning and running in a southwesterly direction one hundred and twelve feet (112′) 22
103103 to Courthouse Street; and 23
104104 Thence turning and running in a generally northwesterly direction along Courthouse Street 24
105105 for a distance of ninety feet (90′) to the point and place of beginning. 25
106106 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 26
107107 Warren shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 27
108108 proposed retailer Class B, C, or I license intended to be located within any zoning district in the 28
109109 town of Warren which is designated as a limited business district or as a general business district 29
110110 pursuant to the zoning ordinance of the town of Warren. 30
111111 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 31
112112 Bristol shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 32
113113 proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located on lot 34 of tax assessors plat 10 of the 33
114114 Bristol tax assessors map as of December 31, 1999, including that portion of the public sidewalk 34
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118118 contiguous to said lot. 1
119119 (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses for the city of 2
120120 Newport shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section as 3
121121 to places of public worship any proposed sidewalk cafe as defined in the Codified Ordinance of the 4
122122 city of Newport, provided that the applicant be an existing holder of a Retailers’ Class B license. 5
123123 (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 6
124124 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 7
125125 any proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located on lot 131 of tax assessors plat 68 of 8
126126 the Providence tax assessors map as of December 31, 1999, and any proposed retailer Class B 9
127127 license intended to be located on lot 21 of the tax assessors map plat 49 and any proposed retailer 10
128128 class BV license intended to be located on lots 3 and 5 of tax assessors map plat 35 of the 11
129129 Providence tax assessors map as of December 31, 2003. 12
130130 (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 13
131131 Cranston shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 14
132132 any proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located on either lot 160 of tax assessor’s plat 15
133133 9, and/or on lot 152 of tax assessor’s plat 9, of the Cranston tax assessor’s map as of December 31, 16
134134 2002; provided, however, as to the subsequent transfer of said Class B license issued by the city of 17
135135 Cranston under this exemption, whether said transfer is attributable to the holder’s death or 18
136136 otherwise, any person desiring to become the potential transferee of said Class B license shall 19
137137 comply with those restrictions as to its use (and shall refrain from those activities which result in 20
138138 its reversion) set forth in the city of Cranston Memorandum of Understanding dated May 13, 2003, 21
139139 and, in addition, those requirements applicable to anyone who desires to become a transferee of a 22
140140 validly issued and outstanding Class B license designated for use in any location in the state of 23
141141 Rhode Island. Neither the exemption granted herein nor any future exemption granted hereafter 24
142142 shall be effective until the proposed Class B license and the underlying property owner is certified 25
143143 to be current in the payment of any and all local and state taxes. 26
144144 (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 27
145145 Pawtucket shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 28
146146 any proposed retailer Class B, C, or I license intended to be located within the following described 29
147147 area in the city of Pawtucket: 30
148148 Beginning at the point of intersection of Dexter Street and the Central Falls line, then east 31
149149 along the Central Falls line to the Blackstone River, then north along the city boundary on the 32
150150 Blackstone River to the Cumberland line, then west along the Pawtucket city boundary line to I-33
151151 95, then south along I-95 to Pine Street, then north on Pine Street to AMTRAK Right of Way, then 34
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155155 northwest along the AMTRAK Right of Way to Dexter Street, then north on Dexter Street to the 1
156156 Central Falls line. 2
157157 (9) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of Little 3
158158 Compton, after application, is authorized to exempt from the provisions of this section relating to 4
159159 places of worship any class B license limited to malt and vinous beverages intended to be located 5
160160 on Plat 30, Lot 33 of the town of Little Compton tax assessment map existing as of December 31, 6
161161 2004. 7
162162 (10) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 8
163163 Bristol shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 9
164164 proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located on lots 3, 18, and 19 of tax assessors plat 10
165165 10 of the Bristol tax assessors map as of December 31, 2007. 11
166166 (11) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 12
167167 Smithfield, after application, is authorized to exempt from the provisions of this section, any class 13
168168 B, C, or I license intended to be located on Plat 45, Lot 042 of the town of Smithfield, tax 14
169169 assessment map existing as of December 31, 2007; provided, however, said exemption shall apply 15
170170 only to any renewal of any class B, C, or I license issued for use at the said premises located on 16
171171 plat 45, lot 042 as of December 31, 2011. In the event said license is not renewed, then this 17
172172 exemption is hereby repealed in its entirety. 18
173173 (12) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 19
174174 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 20
175175 any proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located on plat 13, lots 31 and 32 of the 21
176176 applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 22
177177 (13) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 23
178178 Tiverton shall, after the application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 24
179179 a proposed retailer’s Class BV license for a restaurant located on tax assessor’s plat 181, lot 1A. 25
180180 (14) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 26
181181 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 27
182182 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on tax assessor’s plat 68, lot 732. 28
183183 (15) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 29
184184 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 30
185185 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on plat 105, lot 489, plat 105, lot 12 31
186186 and plat 32, lot 232 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 32
187187 (16) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council of the city of Central 33
188188 Falls, shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 34
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192192 proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on plat 5, lot 188 of the applicable city 1
193193 of Central Falls tax assessment map. 2
194194 (17) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 3
195195 Portsmouth shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 4
196196 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on plat 37, lot 69 of the applicable 5
197197 town of Portsmouth tax assessment map. 6
198198 (18) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 7
199199 North Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this 8
200200 section any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on plat 23A, lot 98 of the 9
201201 applicable town of North Providence tax assessment map. 10
202202 (19) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 11
203203 Cranston shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 12
204204 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on Plat 11, lot 3558 of the applicable 13
205205 city of Cranston tax assessment map. 14
206206 (20) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 15
207207 Smithfield, after application, is authorized to exempt from the provisions of this section, any Class 16
208208 B or C license intended to be located on Plat 6, Lot 54 of the town of Smithfield tax assessors map 17
209209 as of December 31, 2012. 18
210210 (21) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 19
211211 Cranston shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 20
212212 any proposed retailers class B license intended to be located on tax assessors plat 1, lot 2170 of the 21
213213 applicable city of Cranston tax assessment map as of December 31, 2012. 22
214214 (22) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 23
215215 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 24
216216 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on tax assessor’s plat 43, lot 211. 25
217217 (23) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 26
218218 North Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this 27
219219 section any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on Plat 22A, Lot 336, of the 28
220220 applicable town of North Providence tax assessment map. 29
221221 (24) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council of the city of Central 30
222222 Falls shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 31
223223 proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on plat 1, lot 164 of the applicable city 32
224224 of Central Falls tax assessment map. 33
225225 (25) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 34
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229229 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 1
230230 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 1948-1950 Westminster Street on 2
231231 plat 35, lot 359 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 3
232232 (26) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 4
233233 Middletown, after application, is authorized to exempt from the provisions of this section, any 5
234234 proposed retailer’s Class BV license intended to be located on Plat 107 NW, Lot 55 of the town of 6
235235 Middletown’s tax assessor’s maps as of December 31, 2014. 7
236236 (27) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 8
237237 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 9
238238 any retailer Class B, C or I license intended to be located on Plat 109, Lot 289, of the applicable 10
239239 city of Providence tax assessor’s map. 11
240240 (28) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 12
241241 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 13
242242 any proposed retailer’s Class BV license intended to be located at 226 and 230 Dean Street on plat 14
243243 25, lot 44 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 15
244244 (29) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 16
245245 East Greenwich shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this 17
246246 section any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 219 Main Street on map/lot 18
247247 085 001 212 0000 of the applicable town of East Greenwich tax assessment map. 19
248248 (30) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 20
249249 East Greenwich shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this 21
250250 section any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 137 Main Street on map/lot 22
251251 085-001-412; 59 Main Street on map/lot 085-001-236; 555 Main Street on map/lot 075-003-084; 23
252252 74 Cliff Street on map/lot 075-003-040; 609 Main Street on map/lot 075-003-080; 241 Main Street 24
253253 on map/lot 085-001-208; 155 Main Street on map/lot 085-001-222; 149 Main Street on map/lot 25
254254 085-001-223; and 2 Academy Court on map/lot 085-001-211 of the applicable Town of East 26
255255 Greenwich tax assessment map. 27
256256 (31) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 28
257257 Lincoln shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 29
258258 proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located on tax assessor’s plat 10, lot 108, of the 30
259259 Lincoln tax assessor’s map as of December 31, 2015. 31
260260 (32) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 32
261261 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 33
262262 any proposed retailer’s Class C license intended to be located at 215 Dean Street on plat 28, lot 961 34
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266266 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 1
267267 (33) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 2
268268 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 3
269269 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 100-102 Hope Street on plat 16, 4
270270 lot 263 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 5
271271 (34) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the town of 6
272272 Cumberland shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 7
273273 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 88 Broad Street on Lots 32, 51, 8
274274 and 52 of Plat 2 Cumberland tax assessor’s map as of December 31, 2016. 9
275275 (35) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 10
276276 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 11
277277 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 11 Lowell Avenue, 191 Pocasset 12
278278 Avenue and 187 Pocasset Avenue on Lots 22, 23, and 24 of Plat 108 Providence tax assessor’s map 13
279279 as of December 31, 2017. 14
280280 (36) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council in the city of Central 15
281281 Falls shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 16
282282 proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on Plat 1, of Lot 171 of the applicable 17
283283 city of Central Falls tax assessment map. 18
284284 (37) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 19
285285 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 20
286286 any proposed retailer’s Class BV and Class BX license intended to be located at 161 Douglas 21
287287 Avenue on plat 68, lot 201 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 22
288288 (38) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 23
289289 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 24
290290 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 1007 Broad Street, Plat 53, Lot 25
291291 192 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map and 1017 Broad Street Plat 53, Lot 26
292292 582 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 27
293293 (39) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council in the city of 28
294294 Woonsocket shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 29
295295 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 122 North Main Street, Map/Lot 30
296296 130-125-005 of the applicable city of Woonsocket tax assessment map. 31
297297 (40) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council of the city of 32
298298 Woonsocket, after application, is authorized to exempt from the provisions of this section, any 33
299299 proposed retailers’ class BV and class BM license intended to be located between 2 Main Street 34
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303303 (tax assessor’s plat 14, lot 284) and 194 Main Street (tax assessor’s plat 14, lot 139). 1
304304 (41) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 2
305305 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 3
306306 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 375 Smith Street, Plat 68, Lot 132 4
307307 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 5
308308 (42) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 6
309309 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 7
310310 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 671 Broadway Street, Plat 35, Lot 8
311311 566 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 9
312312 (43) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 10
313313 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 11
314314 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 464-468 Wickenden Street, also 12
315315 identified as 8 Governor Street, Plat 17, Lot 179 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment 13
316316 map. 14
317317 (44) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 15
318318 Westerly shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 16
319319 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly, RI 17
320320 02891, Plat 67, Lot 278 of the applicable town of Westerly tax assessment map. 18
321321 (45) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the city of 19
322322 Woonsocket shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 20
323323 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 43 Railroad Street, Plat 14R, Lot 21
324324 205 of the applicable city of Woonsocket tax assessment map. 22
325325 (46) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 23
326326 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 24
327327 any proposed retailer Class BL license or Class BV license intended to be located at 601 Hartford 25
328328 Avenue, Plat 113, Lot 50 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 26
329329 (47) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 27
330330 Westerly shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 28
331331 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 169 and 177 Main Street, Westerly, 29
332332 RI 02891, Map 66, Lots 8 and 9 of the applicable town of Westerly tax assessment map. 30
333333 (48) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city council of the city of East 31
334334 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 32
335335 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 332 Bullock Point Avenue, East 33
336336 Providence, RI 02915, Map 312, Block 12, Parcel 018.00 of the applicable city of East Providence 34
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340340 tax assessment map. 1
341341 (49) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of license commissioners of 2
342342 the city of Pawtucket shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of 3
343343 this section any proposed retailers Class B, C, or N license intended to be located on Plat 54B, Lots 4
344344 826 and 827; Plat 65B, Lot 662; and Plat 23A, Lots 599, 672, and 673 of the city of Pawtucket tax 5
345345 assessment map existing as of March 1, 2021. 6
346346 (50) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses in the town of 7
347347 Jamestown, after application, has the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 8
348348 proposed retailer Class BVL license intended to be located at 53 Narragansett Avenue, Plat 9, Lot 9
349349 207 of the applicable town of Jamestown tax assessment map. 10
350350 (51) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 11
351351 Providence, shall after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 12
352352 any proposed retailer Class BV and Class P license intended to be located at 203-209 Douglas 13
353353 Avenue, Plat 68, Lots 83 and 646 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 14
354354 (52) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of East 15
355355 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 16
356356 any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located at 130 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, 17
357357 Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map. 18
358358 (53) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 19
359359 Barrington shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 20
360360 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 305 Sowams Road, Barrington, 21
361361 R.I. 02806, Plat 30, Lot 141 of the applicable town of Barrington tax assessment map. 22
362362 (54) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 23
363363 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 24
364364 any proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located at 737 Hope Street, Plat 6, Lot 595 of 25
365365 the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 26
366366 (55) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 27
367367 Warren shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any 28
368368 proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located at 4 Market Street, Plat 3, Lot 74 of the 29
369369 applicable town of Warren tax assessment map. 30
370370 (56) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the town council of the town of 31
371371 Westerly shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 32
372372 any proposed retailers’ Class B license intended to be located at 163 Main Street, Westerly, RI 33
373373 02891, Map 66, Lot 11 of the applicable town of Westerly tax assessment map. 34
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377377 (57) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 1
378378 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 2
379379 any proposed retailer Class BL license intended to be located at 777 Elmwood Avenue, Plat 60, 3
380380 Lot 1 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 4
381381 (58) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the town of 5
382382 North Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this 6
383383 section, any proposed retailer’s Class B license intended to be located on tax assessor’s Plat 19, Lot 7
384384 617. 8
385385 (59) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 9
386386 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 10
387387 any proposed retailer Class B license intended to be located at 12 Governor Street, Plat 17, Lot 180 11
388388 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 12
389389 (60) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of licenses of the city of 13
390390 Providence shall, after application, have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section 14
391391 any proposed retailer Class B or Class BV licenses intended to be located at 371 Smith Street, Plat 15
392392 68, Lot 2 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map. 16
393393 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 17
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400400 EXPLANATION
401401 BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
402402 OF
403403 A N A C T
404404 RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
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406406 This act would prohibit Retailer’s Class B, C, N and other liquor licenses from being issued 1
407407 to retailers operating within two hundred feet (200’) of pre-kindergarten schools and 2
408408 establishments. 3
409409 This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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