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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and adopt the hearing officer’s recommendation to revoke Business License No. BU07066691 issued to Augie Doggie Enterprises LLC, located at 3401 Orange Avenue. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
Augie Doggie Enterprises, LLC, holds a commercial/industrial business license issued to the property located at 3401 Orange Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90807 (Parcel/Tax ID #: 7146-026-021 and 5,362 square footage). The commercial business license was issued in accordance with the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Section 3.80.236 - Tax on Rental of Nonresidential Property. This commercial business license governs multiple business addresses on the parcel, including 1175 East Wardlow Road. Organic Market Garden (OMG), a medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation site, has been operating at 1175 East Wardlow Road since March 2011. In accordance with LBMC Chapter 5.89, adopted February 14, 2012, this type of activity is prohibited. In February 2012, the City initiated enforcement measures to seek compliance, including mailing and posting of cease and desist letters to the property owner, issuing administrative citations, criminal citations and compiling liens. To date, the City has issued 65 administration citations, totaling over $32,000. Due to non-compliance, the citation amounts have become property liens.
Due to the on-going violations, the City began the business license revocation process to revoke business license number BU07066691, in accordance with LBMC Section 3.80.429.1.
The following is a chronology of the process to date:
· On May 16, 2012, a business license revocation hearing was conducted, in compliance with LBMC Section 3.80.429.1. On May 30, 2012, the hearing officer recommended to the Director of Financial Management to revoke business license number BU07066691 (Attachment A).
· On June 6, 2012, the Department of Financial Management revoked the business license is...
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