AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH TO GRANT 4 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the licensing authority of the town of Foxborough may grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 to establishments located within the development known as the Route 1 Growth Node, as shown on a plan entitled “Route 1 Growth Node Exhibit Plan” that is on file with the board of selectmen. A license granted pursuant to this act shall be clearly marked on its face “Route 1 Growth Node Only” and shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
(b) Prior to the granting of a license pursuant to this act, the licensing authority shall determine whether an applicant meets the criteria set forth in this act, consistent with the rules and regulations governing licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages promulgated by the licensing authority and all other applicable laws.
(c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to this act to a location outside the Route 1 Growth Node, but it may grant a license to a new applicant within the Route 1 Growth Node if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.
(d) If a license granted pursuant to this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which may then grant the license to a new applicant at a location within the Route 1 Growth Node under the same conditions set forth in this act.
(e) The additional licenses authorized by this act shall be subject to an original license fee of $5,000 in addition to the annual fee for existing all alcoholic beverages or wines and malt beverages licenses, as applicable, in the town of Foxborough. The fee shall be due and payable upon the original granting of such a license and also upon the reissuance of such a license pursuant to this act. The additional $5,000 fee shall be deposited into an economic development account in the town and expended consistently with the purposes of the account.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, October 27, 2016