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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and grant a One-Year Short-Term Permit with conditions, or deny the Permit on the application of Save the Queen, LLC, dba The Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway South, for a Permit for Entertainment With Dancing by Patrons. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) requires an application be filed and a hearing be held before the City Council whenever this type of activity is requested and before a license or permit is granted or denied.
The LBMC also requires that the City Council make a determination that the application is complete and truthful; the applicant, the person interested in the ownership and operation of the entity, and the officers and trustees of the entity are law-abiding persons who will operate and conduct the business activity in a lawful manner; and, that the public peace, welfare, and safety will not be impaired. If this is so, the application shall be approved; if not, it shall be denied.
Attached for your review is the application from Save the Queen, LLC, DBA The Queen Mary. This application is for entertainment on-ship and entertainment for the Sea Walk area and parking lots. This application does not include entertainment in the Dome or the publicly owned Events Park, which requires a Special Events Permit from the Office of Special Events and Filming. Also attached are reports from various departments and a summary of those reports, as well as the license history of the establishment.
City departments have conducted their investigation in accordance with the LBMC. The following summarizes their findings:
. The Police Department recommends that the permit for entertainment with dancing by patrons be approved as a One-Year Short-Term permit with separate sets of tiered conditions for on-ship entertainment and off-ship entertainment.
· The Fire Department recommends that the permit for entertainment with dancing by patrons be approved with conditions.
· The Health and Human Services Department finds that the building/location meets department requirements for the proposed use with the condition that the establishment remain in compliance with the Long Beach Noise Ordinance (LBMC Chapter 8.80).
· The Planning and Building Department recommends that the permit for entertainment with dancing by patrons be approved.
In the event that any of the recommended conditions attached to any permit or licenses are in conflict, the permittee shall adhere to the strictest of the applicable conditions.
This location has been licensed as entertainment since 1993.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
The hearing date of March 4, 2008, has been posted on the business location, with the applicant and property owners within 300 feet notified by mail.
This matter was reviewed by Principal Deputy City Attorney J. Charles Parkin on February 6, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT
The following fees were collected with the application: Building Inspection $300 and Zoning Review $14 (Long Beach Development SeNices Department), Police Investigation $1,000 (Police Department), Temporary Permit $300, Labels $90 (Financial Management Department), and Health/Noise Control $94 (Health and Human SeNices Department).
The following fees will be collected if the application is approved: Business License $299.88 and Regulatory $825 (Financial Management Department).
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
LORI ANN FARRELL
DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/CFO
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PATRICK H. WEST |
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