Annual Liquor Licenses
Liquor Licenses are governed by Mass General Laws Chapter 138 and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (A.B.C.C.) All of the forms needed to apply for a liquor license transaction can be found at http://www.mass.gov/abcc/
The availability of Annual Licenses is determined by population and currently the City of Northampton is over its limit for Annual Licenses per population. Therefore, the City of Northampton does not have any Annual All Alcohol licenses available.
Seasonal Liquor Licenses
Seasonal Liquor Licenses run from April 1 to January 15.
On January 7, 2005 the Legislature passed a petition by the City of Northampton to allow the City to convert all issued Seasonal Wine & Malt Licenses to Annual Wine & Malt Licenses. Click the link to view the language that was passed http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw04/sl040494.htm
A Seasonal Wine & Malt Restaurant License has an annual fee of $1,405.00.
An application for a Seasonal Wine & Malt Restaurant License AND for Conversion to Annual Wine & Malt License can be submitted to the Northampton License Commission at the same time. Conversion includes an additional fee of $5,000.000 payable to the City of Northampton, in payments of $1,000.00 per year for five(5) years. An Annual Wine & Malt Restaurant License has an annual fee of $1,520.00.
Please contact Mary L. Midura, Executive Secretary of the Northampton License Commission with any questions at 413-587-1210 or mmidura@northamptonma.gov.
Package Store Licenses
There are two different types of Package Store licenses, All Alcohol and Wine & Malt. Currently the City of Northampton does not have any Package Store Licenses available.
Worker's Compensation Insurance Affidavit
- Worker's Comp Affidavit A Worker's Compensation Insurance Affidavit needs to be filed with the issuance of each new or renewed license.
Applications for Farmer Brewery, Farmer Winery, Pub Brewery, Manufacturer, Warehouse, Wholesaler, Caterer and other State licenses must be submitted directly to the ABCC. All documentation requirements are on www.mass.gov/abcc.