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City attorney recommends objections to 10 liquor permits after years of repeat offenses and court orders
Summary
Columbus assistant city attorneys told the committee they recommend objections to renewal or transfer for 10 establishments, citing repeated violent incidents, narcotics offenses, illegal gambling, sales to underage customers and noncompliance with environmental court orders; objections are slated as emergency resolutions Dec. 9.
The City of Columbus's property action team recommended that city council object to the 2024 liquor-permit renewals or transfers for 10 establishments, citing repeated violent crime, narcotics activity, underage sales and noncompliance with environmental court orders.
Assistant City Attorney Sophie Yano told the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee the team narrows a longer list each year through investigation and outreach and aims to object only to places that have repeatedly failed to remediate problems. “We try to only object to places that we really feel have warranted that kind of action,” Yano said.
Yano and detectives reviewed the 10 sites and summarized key problems:
- Avalon (also called Aura Club): repeat nuisance cases since 2021, a June homicide prompted reopening of the case and an environmental court…
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