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Council allows dancing at 721 S. Western Ave. after lengthy debate; sets early reviews and conditions
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted to deny neighborhood appeals and permit dancing at 721 South Western Avenue with conditions including limits on alcohol service, off‑site parking and a 6‑month and 1‑year zoning administrator review.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to deny appeals and allow dancing at 721 South Western Avenue, a restaurant-licensed business in Council District 10, after extended debate about neighborhood impacts and public-safety concerns.
Councilmembers debated competing motions that would either uphold a committee recommendation to deny dancing or reverse that recommendation to allow dancing under new conditions. The council ultimately approved the motion to deny the appeals and grant the dance use as amended, by a vote of 13 ayes and 2 noes. The Council also approved an amendment requiring the zoning administrator to review the operation at six months and again at one year.
Neighbors and a committee had urged denying dancing, saying the site sits on Western Avenue amid a high concentration of late-night uses and that previous LAPD objections weighed against allowing dancing.…
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