move for uncapped liquor licenses
Sep. 27th, 2011 09:39 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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davis_squareposted a few minutes ago to the City of Somerville Facebook Page:
At the request of Mayor Curtatone, the Board of Aldermen is submitting a Home Rule Petition to the state that would lift the cap on liquor licenses. The aim is to issue them to restaurants. While other cities and towns including Cambridge can issue unlimited licenses, some restaurants that would like to open here do not because Somerville is capped at 84 licenses. Read the Mayor’s Op Ed here: http://bit.ly/mZFTFr
(now, hopefully they will get in on removing the law that says that mobile food items - food trucks, hot dog stands, etc - are by law in Somerville required to be within 50 yards of a kitchen where the food is prepared (I may have that distance incorrect, but I remember that is why you don't see any of the Boston areas burgeoning food truck scene in Somerville).)
At the request of Mayor Curtatone, the Board of Aldermen is submitting a Home Rule Petition to the state that would lift the cap on liquor licenses. The aim is to issue them to restaurants. While other cities and towns including Cambridge can issue unlimited licenses, some restaurants that would like to open here do not because Somerville is capped at 84 licenses. Read the Mayor’s Op Ed here: http://bit.ly/mZFTFr
(now, hopefully they will get in on removing the law that says that mobile food items - food trucks, hot dog stands, etc - are by law in Somerville required to be within 50 yards of a kitchen where the food is prepared (I may have that distance incorrect, but I remember that is why you don't see any of the Boston areas burgeoning food truck scene in Somerville).)
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