Somerville's Liquor License Home Rule Petition Cut Down by State
Somerville will likely get 10 new liquor licenses, plus 2 more designated for Assembly Square, but the state legislature decided to maintain a cap on the city's licenses.
Somerville asked the state legislature, which imposes caps the number of liquor licenses each city and town can issue, to do away with the cap in Somerville. The state legislature said no. That's according to proceedings from a Somerville Board of Aldermen meeting held Thursday night. Instead of granting the city unlimited liquor licenses, the legislature asked Somerville to come back with an amended request, known as a home rule petition. Somerville's new home rule petition formally asks the legislature to allow 10 new citywide liquor licenses. The Somerville Board of Aldermen approved the new home rule petition Thursday, but members weren't happy about it. Neither was the mayor, Joseph Curtatone. "It's very frustrating, I have to tell …
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cp kostos
12:24 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
I don't agree that a beer and wine license that allows restaurants to serve to customers with their food at a table should be included in the overall count of liquor licenses . Beer and wine don't come close to the amount of alcohol content that is in hard 60 - 100 % liquor. Restaurants do not have bars solely for drinking purposes. This ruling the state has is archaic and should be challenged by… more ›