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Cauncll Mtg.: August 10, 1982
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TO: The Mayor and City Councll
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Request for Withdrawal of Oppositlon to L~quor Llcense,
Super Sushi, 2917 Maln Street, CM2.
Introduction
ThlS report recommends the City Councl1 wlthdraw its opposition to
a llquor llcense for a restaurant at 2917 Maln Street.
Background
Cafe Californla and Cabaret Callfornia formerly operated two
restaurants on Maln Street, one at 2911 and one at 2917 Maln Street,
but let the llcenses lapse and therefore the new restaurants need
new appllcatlons_ The Councl1 has already withdrawn its Opposltlon
to the appllcation by Papa Loulefs at 2911 Main Street and thls 15
the new tenant at 2917 Maln Street, a sushi restaurant known as
Super Sushi. As wlth Papa Loule's, except for the lapse in license
renewal the new appllcatlon would not be necessary_
Recomrnendatlon
It 15 respectfully recommended that the City Council authorlze
wlthdrawal of the letter of Opposltlon and direct the staff to
commun~cate th~s act~on to the Alcoho11c Beverage Control Board.
Prepared by: James Lunsford
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AUG 1 0 1982
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Ocean Park Communfty OrganIzaflon
8.10.82
Dear Counc~l Member:
We wr~te ~n Oppos1t~on to your Item #11B on ton1ght's agenda.
We do not approve of the proposal to wlthdraw the C~tyls letter of
Oppos1t1on to the Susnl Baris applicatlon for an ABC l1quor 11cense
at 2917 Maln St In Ocean Park.
At a well attended block meet1ng of Second street resldents recent-
ly, there was s~gnlf1cant concern and anger over the contlnu1ng pro-
I1feration of estab11shments servlnq or sell1ng liquor on Maln St.
south of Ocean Park Blvd. Many horror storles were told of crlme,
vandallsm, late nlght noise, parklng problems and fear of personal
safety - all ar1s1ng from the large number of patrons of nearby
liquor-servlng establlshments.
There was also a fear expressed that perhaps the Clty was not
enforclng the splrit as well as the specif1c provislons of the Main
St. Plan as wrltten lnto ord1nance.
We understand the sp1rlt of the Plan to be that of reduClng li-
quor serv~ng establ~shments and restaurants by attrlt~on. We under-
stand the PLan allows no more than lO restaurants south of Ocean
Park Blvd. There are now 15 restaurants 10 f1ve blocks. We under-
stand the Plan to llID1t restaurants to no more than 2 per block.
There are now three blocks that exceed that ILm1t~ We understand
the Plan to allow no lI10re than 7 bars south of Ocean Park Blvd.
There are now 12, ~ncludlng 4 restaurants w~th phys~cally separate
full bar rooms. In total, there are now 19 11quor-servlng estab11sh-
menta south of Ocean Park Blvd., ~n addlt10n to 3 stores sel1lng
packaged 11quor. That .is.. :Jps:t too many~
We regret not belng present at the Councll'g preVlOUS dellbera-
tlons on the SUShl Bar. We would have opposed, and cont2nue to
oppose, any rr~ve to encourage such a development. We respectfully
ask you to follow both the speclflc guldel~nes and the Splrlt of the
Y~ln St. Plan by contlnu1ng to actlvely oppose the lssuance or re-
newal of any type of 11quor llcense ln the area.
Thank you, "
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