SUPPORTS ITEM NO. 1
VLLC AGENDA
JULY 13, 1995
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: June 30, 1995
Dept. File: vllc95.jun
TO: Vancouver Liquor Licensing Commission
FROM: Chief Constable
SUBJECT: Update on Licensed Premises within the
Downtown Eastside to May 31, 1995
INFORMATION
The Chief Constable submits this report for INFORMATION.
COUNCIL POLICY
There is no Council policy directly applicable to this matter.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to provide the Vancouver Liquor
Licensing Commission with an on-going overview of the problems and
issues concerning licensed premises, and the status of any enforcement
or other activities. License suspensions and other observations are
included from January, 1994, to date.
SUMMARY
A total of twelve liquor or business licenses have been suspended a
total of sixteen times in the Downtown Eastside since the beginning of
1992. These suspensions are the result of a co-ordinated initiative
by the Vancouver Police Department, other City Departments, and the
Liquor Control & Licensing Branch (LCLB) to ensure that licensed
premises are operated in a responsible manner.
BACKGROUND
Licensed Premises are identified for inclusion in this report by:
- having been the subject of a Liquor Control & Licensing Branch,
Police, or City Council suspension;
- being scheduled to appear at a Liquor Control & Licensing Branch
Hearing or Council Show Cause Hearing;
- having a significant number of police calls or incidents, other
than of a routine or positive nature;
- having a significant incident occur in, or in relation to the
operation of, the premises; or
- being the subject of complaints from the public to the police
regarding the operation of the premises.
LICENSED PREMISES
1. Anchor Cabaret 99 Powell Street
(now renamed Senorita Frogs)
- Mar 94: fire exit light out, no name tags
- Sep 94: lack of control
- Oct 94: suspension, twenty-four hours, by police.
overcrowding, lack of control.
- Mar 95: disturbances on the street, noise complaints
- May 95: disturbances on the street, noise complaints
2. Astoria Hotel 769 East Hastings Street
- Jan 94: underage patron
- May 95: liquor seized for analysis
3. Balmoral Hotel 159 East Hastings Street
- Jan 94: underage patron drinking in the bar
- Feb 94: several drunk patrons
- Mar 94: minor in premises, over-service
- Jul 94: no rear door control
- Aug 94: suspension by City Council, two months,
over-service, lack of control.
- May 95: liquor seized for analysis
4. Blarney Stone 216 Carrall Street
- Jan 94: overcrowding
- Jan 94: suspension, ten days, overcrowding
- Jan 94: suspension, five days, overcrowding
5. Brandiz Hotel 122 East Hastings Street
- Jan 94: drug use in washroom, drunk patrons
- Mar 94: fight, no door control
- Aug 94: no door control, lack of control, fight
- Sep 94: drug use at a table
- Oct 94: assault - staff member not co-operative,
underage persons in premises
6. Cobalt Hotel 917 Main Street
- Mar 94: dirty washrooms
- May 95: cigarettes seized
7. Columbia Hotel 303 Columbia Street
- Mar 94: stabbing occurred, no staff witnesses
- Apr 94: drugs used in washrooms
- Jul 94: drunks sleeping, lack of control, no door
control, staff without ID tags.
- Nov 94: drug use
8. Dominion Hotel 210 Abbott Street
(Lamplighter Pub)
- Mar 94: suspension, one day, overcrowding
9. Drake Hotel 606 Powell Street
- Jun 94: confrontation during arrest of patron
10. Hildon Hotel 50 West Cordova Street
(50 Bourbon Street Pub)
- Jul 94: assault with beer glass, drug use in washroom
11. Ivanhoe Hotel 1038 Main Street
- Jan 94: 5 underage patrons
- Feb 94: off duty doorman drunk and involved in fight;
several drunks ejected
- Mar 94: disturbance and over-service
- Jun 94: two drunks, over-service
- Nov 94: minors and drunks in premises
12. Metropole 320 Abbott Street
- May 95: cigarettes seized
13. New Dodson 25 East Hastings Street
- Feb 94: four drunks
14. Old American Hotel 928 Main Street
(previously the Vancouver Downtown Inn)
- Feb 94: minors in premises, poor door control
- Sep 94: suspension, two months, and divest interest;
possessing and selling liquor not purchased from
the Liquor Distribu-tion Branch (the suspension
was upheld on appeal to the courts)
Note: the license has now been transferred to
a new owner, and accordingly, the
suspension set
aside.
15. Pennsylvania Hotel 412 Carrall Street
- Mar 94: over-service, no name tag
- May 95: cigarettes seized
16. Pony's Cabaret 313 Carrall Street
- Jan 94: doorman interfering with police investigation
17. Rainier Hotel 315 Carrall Street
(Minto's Pub)
- Jun 94: drug activity
- Jan 95: minor in premises, lack of door control
18. Regent Hotel 160 East Hastings Street
- May 94: no name tag, no door control
- Aug 94: drug dealing in the pub
- Oct 94: several drunks sleeping
- Dec 94: minor in premises, intoxicated patrons,
lack of door control.
- May 95: liquor seized for analysis
(Senorita Frogs - see Anchor Cabaret)
19. Sunrise Hotel 101 East Hastings Street
- Jan 94: intoxicated patrons and over-service
- Feb 94: drug activity in premises, sale of property openly
conducted in premises, continued service to
disorderly patrons
- Jul 94: over-service
- Oct 94: suspension by City Council, one month,
lack of control
20. Twilight Zone 7 Alexander Street
- Jan 94: overcrowding
suspension of three weeks is under appeal
21. West Hotel 488 Carrall Street
- Apr 94: drug paraphernalia in washrooms
- Oct 94: lack of control, over-service
- Dec 94: staff assaulted patron
All of the above observations have been communicated to the LCLB
Senior Inspector who has issued warning letters or initiated a
hearing.
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