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Council revokes Benjie's Market liquor permit after LAPD and planning testimony
Summary
After hearing testimony from the zoning administrator and Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles City Council voted to revoke the conditional-use permit allowing off-site alcoholic beverage sales at Benjie's Market, 3901 South Vermont, citing repeated violations including sales to minors.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to revoke the conditional-use permit that allowed Benjie's Market, at 3901 South Vermont Avenue, to sell alcoholic beverages after a public hearing that included testimony from city planning staff and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Robert McNeil, the attorney representing the owner Jimmy Yoon Park, said the store had been in the neighborhood for decades and argued that ‘‘a concerted effort has been made . . . to close him down,’’ calling the record insufficient to justify taking away a man’s livelihood. McNeil asked the council to give the owner 60 days to wind down if the council sustained the committee’s findings.
Emily Gable Luddy, the zoning…
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