SUPPORTS ITEM NO. 1
VLLC AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: August 27, 1996
Dept. File No. pra/vllc96.aug
TO: Vancouver Liquor Licensing Commission
FROM: Chief Constable
SUBJECT: Requested Update on Licensed Premises within
the Downtown Eastside to August 27, 1996
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. Licence suspensions and other observations are included
from January, 1994, to date.
SUMMARY
A total of 12 liquor or business licences have been suspended a total of
16 times in the Downtown Eastside since the beginning of 1992. These
suspensions are the result of a coordinated initiative by the Vancouver
Police Department, other City Departments, and the Liquor Control and
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 and Licensing Branch,
Police, or City Council suspension;
- being scheduled to appear at a Liquor Control and 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
Liquor By-Law Noise LCLA Criminal Business Operating
Year License Offense Complaint Offence Code License Agreement
Suspension Offence Suspension
1. Anchor Cabaret: 99 Powell Street (Ex Senorita Frogs - now renamed Club NRG)
1992
1993
1994 -4 Hour -Fire exit -Lack of crown
suspension: light out control
overcrowding
1995 -Numerous -Overcrowding -Male shot:
-Serving after attempt murder
closing charges laid
1996
2. Astoria Hotel: 769 E. Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 -Under age
patron
1995 -Liquor seized
for analysis
evidence of
repouring
1996
3. Balmoral Hotel: 159 E. Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 -Under age -Suspension by
patron City Council:
-Several drunk 2 months
patrons
-Overservice
-No rear door
control
1995 -Liquor seized
for analysis:
evidence of
repouring
1996 1
4. Blarney Stone: 216 Carrall Street
1992
1993
1994 Overcrowding -10 days:
overcrowding
-5 days:
overcrowding
1995
1996
5. Brandiz Hotel: 122 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 - Under age -Drug use in
patrons washroom
-Fight, no door
control
-Fight, no
door. control
-Drug use at
table
-Assault: staff
member not
cooperative
-Fight call
1995
1996 -Fight call:
man with a gun
-Assault
-Drug
trafficking
6. Cambie Hotel: 314 Cambie Street
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 - No door
control
- Service on
outdoor patio
without
license
-Overcrowd-ing
x2
7. Casablanca Restaurant: 535 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994
1995 -LCLB Warning
Letter:
gambling
machines
1996 -Warning
Letter: closed
by City
Council
8. Cobalt Hotel Pub: 917 Main Street
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 -Patron -Assault:
refuses to waiter punched
leave pub by patron
-Fight/
Assault: staff
subdued by
police
-Assault
-Bikers cause
fight
-Assault by
patron
9. Columbia Hotel: 303 Columbia Street
1992
1993
1994 -Drunks -Stabbing: no
sleeping staff witnesses
-No door -Drug use in
control washroom
-Lack of bar -Drug use in
control premises
-Staff without
ID tags
1995
1996 -Stabbing of
patron
10. Dominion Hotel: 210 Abbott Street - Lamplighter Pub
1992
1993
1994 -Suspension:
overcrowding: 1
day
1995 -Suspension:
overcrowding: 5
days
1996
11. Drake Hotel: 606 Powell Street
1992
1993
1994 Confrontation
with police
during arrest
1995
1996
12. Hildon Hotel: 50 West Cordova 50 Bourbon Street Pub
1992
1993
1994 -Assault with
beer glass
-Drug use in
washroom
1995
1996 -Fight
-Disturbance
with a patron
drunk kicking
over tables
-Fight
13. Hunky Bill s Sports Restaurant: 1613 Nanaimo Street
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 -Warning
Letter
14. Ivanhoe Hotel: 1038 Main Street
1992
1993
1994 -5 under age -Off duty staff
patrons drunk and
-Minors in fighting
premises -Several drunks
-Drunks in ejected
premises -Disturbance
over service
-Two drunks:
overservice
1995 -No door
control
-After hours
service
-Warning
Letter from
LCLB
-Warning
letter from
LCLB: no door
control, after
hours sales
1996 -Warning -Overservice -Patron causing
Letter disturbance
15. Lamplighter Pub: 210 Abbott Street
1992
1993 - 2 -
1994
1995
1996 -Patron
throwing
glasses at
others
16. Marr Hotel: 403 Powell Street
1992
1993
1994
1995 -Warning
Letter:
overservice
1996
17. Metropole: 320 Abbott Street
1992
1993
1994
1995 -Cigarettes
seized
1996
18. New Dodson: 25 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 -4 Drunks
1995
1996 -Staff
assaulted by
patron
19. Neve Restaurant: 1308 Commercial Drive
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 -3x
overservice
-3x open late
-Drunks
sleeping on
table
-No kitchen
food available
-Staff without
name tags
20. Old American Hotel : 928 Main Street (Previously the Vancouver Downtown Inn)
1992
1993
1994 -Service to -Suspension: 2
minors months & divest
-Poor door interest
control -Possess & sell
liquor not
purchased from
LDB
-Suspension
upheld upon
appeal to
courts
-Licence
transferred to
new owner to
bypass
suspension
1995
1996 -Assault in pub -Warning Letter
21. Pennsylvania Hotel: 412 Carrall Street
1992
1993
1994 -No name tag
-Overservice
1995 -Cigarettes
seized
1996 -Disturbance in
pub: patrons
throwing
glasses
-Disturbance in
pub: patrons
screaming at
waiters, etc.
22. Pony s Cabaret: 313 Carrall Street
1992
1993
1994 -Staff
interfering
with police
investigation
1995
1996
23. Rainier Hotel - Samoos Bar: 315 Carrall Street (Formally Minto s Pub)
1992
1993
1994 -Drug use
1995 -Poor door
control
-Minor on
premises
1996 -Assault
-Overservice
-Obstruct Peace
Officer
-Assault
-Resist Arrest
24. Regent hotel: 160 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 -Staff with no -Drug dealing
name tag on premises
-Drunks
sleeping
-Minor on
premises
-Liquor seized
-Intoxicated
patrons
-Lack of door
control
1995 -Liquor seized
for analysis:
overpouring:
Section 7,
LCLA
1996 -Fight in pub
-Assault
causing bodily
harm with
broken beer
bottle in pub
-Patron mugged
and robbed in
pub
washroom
-Man with sword
loose in pub
25. Savoy Pub: 258 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 -Assault -LCLB Warning
-Overservice Letter
-Obstruct Peace
Officer
-Assault
-Resist Arrest
26. Sunrise Hotel: 101 East Hastings Street
1992
1993
1994 -Intoxicated -Sale of -Suspension by
patrons property on City Council
-Overservice premises for one month:
-Continued -Drug sales on lack of control
overservice premises
-Overservice
to disorderly
patrons
1995
1996 -Female
assaulted in
pub
-Assault: bar
fight with
glass broken on
victim s head
-Fight: call to
pub
-Assault: men
fighting with
sticks
-Assault
causing bodily
harm: male
stabbed in pub
-Assault:
female punched
in face
-Assault
causing bodily
harm: waiter
struck patron
with baseball
bat in head
-Woman in pub
with machete
27. Twilight Zone: 7 Alexander Street
1992
1993
1994 Overcrowding -Suspension: 3
Weeks
1995
1996 -Noise
complaint from
pub
28. West Hotel: 488 Carrall Street
1992
1993
1994 -Lack of -Drug use on
control premises
-Overservice -Patron
assaulted by
staff
1995
1996
Some 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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