AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF EASTON TO GRANT AN ADDITIONAL LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT 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, the licensing authority of the town of Easton may grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to establishments located within the Five Corners Development District, as defined in subsection (b), upon approval of and under conditions set by the licensing authority of the town of Easton. The license granted pursuant to this act shall be clearly marked on its face “Five Corners Development District” and shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
(b) The licensing authority of the town of Easton shall restrict the license granted pursuant to this act to establishments within the Five Corners Development District, which for purposes of this act shall include only the northerly and southerly parcels directly abutting state highway route 106 from 55 Eastman street to Greenwood Village street that are included in the area designated as the Five Corners Development District on the map. For purposes of this subsection, “map” shall mean the map entitled “Five Corners Development District, Easton, Massachusetts” dated January 31, 2019 and included as Appendix C in the “Town of Easton, MA Five-Corners District, District Improvement Financing Master Plan” as adopted at town meeting on May 20, 2019, a copy of which is on file in the office of the town clerk of the town of Easton.
(c) The licensing authority of the town of Easton shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant to this act to a location outside of the town’s Five Corners Development District but it may grant the license to a new applicant within the Five Corners Development District if the applicant files with the local 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) The license granted pursuant to this act shall not be sold or transferred by the licensee. If a licensee terminates or fails to renew the license granted pursuant to this act or the 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 and the licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant in the town’s Five Corners Development District under the same conditions specified in this act.
(e) The license granted pursuant to this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time period, the license may be granted to a new applicant pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) any time thereafter.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, January 5, 2022.