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Planning commissioners discuss enforcement, authority limits after violations at Lavender venue
Summary
City staff told the Planning Commission that Lavender has been operating under conflicting conditional use permits and liquor licenses, that police documented multiple incidents involving alcohol and minors, and that revocation of the CUP would require action by the Planning Commission after staff gives the owner time to pull building permits.
Planning commissioners heard staff and police describe repeated permit and alcohol violations at Lavender and discussed procedures for possible revocation of the restaurant’s conditional use permit.
Staff told the commission that prior information provided about Lavender was accurate to staff’s knowledge but that the core of the problem is “the dueling CUPs that Lavender currently has.” “To be clear, the information that was previously presented to the commission from staff, was accurate as far as staff knew. The issue comes from the dueling CUP's that Lavender currently has,” a staff member said. Staff said Lavender was originally approved for an alcohol license that allows beer and wine only (type 42) and no children on the premises, then sought a restaurant-type license that would allow distilled spirits and children on-site (type 47) but that the restaurant has not yet installed the required operating kitchen for that different license.
Police told the commission they documented several events in the past year where hard alcohol or unlicensed bartenders were…
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