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Chiba Hut renewal approved with weapons screening, ID scanning and finance audit after police flagged violence
Summary
The committee recommended renewal of Chiba Hut’s licenses but added security, weapons-screening and ID-scanning conditions and ordered a financial audit covering 2023–present after police described fights, firearms and juvenile patrons at the Madison location.
The Alcohol License Review Committee recommended renewal of Chiba Hut’s combination alcohol license with multiple conditions and ordered a financial audit covering 2023 through the present after police and city attorneys described repeated public-safety incidents at the establishment.
Assistant City Attorney Amy Zillavy told the committee she became aware of a recent escalation in calls for service at the Chiba Hut on West Gilman Street and that officers had reported fights, pepper-spray use, persons carrying firearms inside the business and damage to property. Central District Captain Hartman said officers have responded to "large crowds, mostly younger juveniles" and that the establishment had become a hangout because "there is not a lot of control at the access points." He added officers had encountered people known to be carrying firearms inside the premises.
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