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With ANC Leadership, Policy Restaurant Reaches Settlement with Neighbors to Extend Hours 

11/26/2013

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This summer, Policy Restaurant at 14th and T Streets requested a termination of their liquor license settlement agreement (SA) – terms and conditions agreed upon by neighbors and the restaurant to protect residents and help establishments gather support. Since January, Policy has been discussing with me and other neighborhood leaders their desire to stay open one hour later and to expand business into their basement.

The ANC decided to “protest” the termination application not because we thought their requests were unreasonable, but because we think settlement agreements play an important role in solidifying the relationship between an establishment and a neighborhood. Policy agreed and the owners and I began discussing language for a new agreement.

Four groups protested the termination: the ANC, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association, the Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance and a group of five or more neighbors. At our first meeting, there was little if any agreement on terms to a new SA, even among the protestants. Concerns about noise, parking and trash were all discussed and it became clear that an agreement among all of the parties would be difficult but not impossible.

With the help of ANC Commissioners Kevin O’Connor and Will Stephens, the ANC led an effort to bring together all of the protestants and the restaurant and finalize an agreement that we could all get behind. We avoided a lengthy ABC Board protest hearing and set new and clear expectations for how Policy will operate as a member of the neighborhood.

Negotiations of this type have failed before, but this is an example of how the process is supposed to work: neighbors and businesses coming together to agree on how they can best coexist and thrive.

The owners of the restaurant, Raj Multani and Asim Walia, have been excellent to work with and the representatives from the neighborhood associations were equally willing to find a middle ground on issues important to those that live nearby.
Download the signed Settlement Agreement with Policy Restaurant below:
Policy SA
File Size: 157 kb
File Type: pdf
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Beverley Wheeler, EdD link
11/26/2013 10:12:46 am

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Harley
6/27/2022 07:48:38 pm

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