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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and approve the hearing officer’s recommendation to deny the business license application submitted by Alsace Lorraine Fine Pastries, Inc., dba Alsace Lorraine Fine Pastries, located at 4334 Atlantic Avenue. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) requires a hearing be held before the City Council whenever a denial of a business license application is appealed.
On August 9, 2016, the City Council referred the appeal of the business license application denial for Alsace Lorraine Fine Pastries (Alsace Lorraine), to a hearing officer and the appeal hearing was held on September 7, 2016. When the City Council appoints a hearing officer to conduct the appeal proceedings, the LBMC also requires the City Council to review and consider the hearing officer’s written report. The City Council may adopt, reject or modify the recommended decision. In its discretion, the City Council may take additional evidence at the hearing or refer the case back to the hearing officer with instructions to consider additional evidence.
Attached for your review is Hearing Officer Thomas A. Ramsey’s written report (Exhibit A). Hearing Officer Ramsey recommends to uphold the denial of the business license application submitted by Alsace Lorraine, located at 4334 Atlantic Avenue.
In addition, these were the events leading up to the hearing officer’s decision, in chronological order:
· On April 11, 2012, a hearing was conducted to revoke the commercial/industrial business license of the property owner, Khien C. Ngo, located at 4332-4336 Atlantic Avenue. On April 17, 2012, the hearing officer recommended that the Director of Financial Management revoke business license number BU07045412 (Attachment A). On April 19, 2012, and prior to Alsace Lorraine’s application for a business license, the Department of Financial Management revoked the property owner’s commercial/indus...
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