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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and deny the Permit on the application of Panama Joe’s, Inc., dba Panama Joe’s Café, 5100 E. 2nd Street, for Entertainment With Dancing by Patrons. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
Panama Joe’s, Inc., DBA Panama Joe’s Café, has been licensed as a restaurant with alcohol since December 2008. For the past three years, the business has been operating on One-Year Short-Term Permits for their entertainment activities. The first two permits, granted on March 17, 2009 and April 6, 2010, were for entertainment without dancing, and the third, granted on April 19, 2011, was for entertainment with dancing by patrons. If the staff recommendation to deny the permit is approved, the business will be required to cease all entertainment activity.
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 an entertainment permit is granted or denied.
The LBMC also requires that the City Council make a determination that the permit application is complete and truthful; the applicant 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 public peace, welfare and safety will not be impaired. If this is so, the application shall be approved, a short-term entertainment permit shall be approved, or the application shall be denied.
The City Council has the authority to approve the following options: 1) grant the Permit, with or without conditions; or 2) grant a One-Year Short-Term Entertainment Permit, with or without conditions; or, 3) deny the Permit on the application.
City departments have conducted their investigations in accordance with the LBMC. Attached for your review are the departmental investigative reports, the business ownership and permit history, and the entertainment permit ...
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