ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

Date: May 19, 2000
Author/Local: CKinahan/7513
RTS No. 1476
CC File No. 2711-1

Council: May 30, 2000

TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director of Legal Services and the City Clerk
SUBJECT:	Business License Hearing Panels for June 2000

RECOMMENDATION

THAT Council delegate the holding of four business license hearings, presently scheduled for June, 2000, to panels of three Council Members, pursuant to Section 277.1 of the Vancouver Charter, as follows:

i. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 275 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an application for a year 2000 business license by Marcus Kuettner, doing business as College and University Girls/College Girls, 504 - 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that application, be delegated to:

Councillor Jennifer Clarke (Chair)
Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Sandy McCormick

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the application be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Gordon Price.

ii. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 277 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an appeal of a suspension by the Chief License Inspector, of the year 2000 business license of The Funky Armadillo Cafe Ltd., doing business as "604" Restaurant, 2741 West 4th Avenue,Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that appeal, be delegated to:

Councillor Lynne Kennedy (Chair)
Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Tim Louis

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the appeal be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Sandy McCormick.

iii. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 277 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an appeal from a suspension by the Chief License Inspector of the year 2000 business license of Planet Detail Inc., doing business as Planet Detail, 1248 Seymour Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that appeal, be delegated to:

Mayor Philip Owen (Chair)
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor Sam Sullivan

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend the hearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the appeal be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Don Lee.

iv. The business license hearing pursuant to Section 277 of the Vancouver Charter, regarding an appeal of a suspension by the Chief License Inspector, of the year 2000 business license issued to Kami Monavari, doing business as Food Place, 415 Abbott Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the power to make a Council decision in relation to that appeal, be delegated to:

Councillor Sam Sullivan (Chair)
Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Fred Bass

Should any of the above Members of Council be unable to attend thehearing, the hearing and the power to make a Council decision in relation to the appeal be delegated to the remaining two Councillors and Councillor Gordon Price.

CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS

The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.

COUNCIL POLICY

Section 277.1 of the Vancouver Charter gives Council the power to delegate the holding of a business license hearing under section 275 or section 278, or an appeal under section 277, by Resolution, to one or more Council Members. On November 30, 1999, Council adopted a procedure relating to business license hearings whereby the hearings will generally be conducted before a panel of three Members of Council, although Council may designate that a hearing be conducted before a panel comprised of a greater number of Members of Council.

BACKGROUND

One business license application and three appeals from license suspensions have been referred to Council by the Chief License Inspector for hearings pursuant to section 275 or 277 of the Vancouver Charter in the month of June, 2000. Those matters are as follows:

(a) an application for a business license from Marcus Kuettner, doing business as College and University Girls/College Girls, 504 - 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia;

(b) an appeal from a suspension by the Chief License Inspector of the 2000 business license issued to The Funky Armadillo Cafe Ltd., doing business as the "604" Restaurant, 2741 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia;

(c) an appeal from a suspension by the Chief License Inspector of the 2000 business license issued to Planet Detail Inc., doing business as Planet Detail, 1248 Seymour Street, Vancouver, British Columbia; and

(d) an appeal from a suspension by the Chief License Inspector of the year 2000 business license issued to Kami Monavari, doing business as Food Place, 415 Abbott Street, Vancouver, British Columbia;

The application for a business license by Marcus Kuettner, doing business as College and University Girls/College Girls, is presently scheduled for hearing on June 12, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. The appeal of The Funky Armadillo Cafe Ltd., doing business as "604" Restaurant, is presently scheduled for hearing on June 15, 2000, at 7:30 p.m. The appeal of Planet Detail Inc. is presently scheduled for hearing on June 20, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. The appeal of Kami Monavari, doing business as Food Place, is presently scheduled for hearing on June 26, 2000, at 9:30 a.m.

The new amendment to the Vancouver Charter confers on Council the power to delegate the holding of business license hearings to one or more Members of Council. Council must designate, by Resolution, Members of Council who will deal with each specific hearing. The attached Resolutions will delegate the holding of each of the hearings in the month of June to three named Members of Council.

CONCLUSION

Staff recommend that Council pass the Resolutions contained in this report.

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