Licensing Committee - 31/03/2005

At a MEETING of the LICENSING COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 31st March, 2005.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

 

BAILIES

 

John CORRIGAN

Bruce D MACKIE

Neil I C POWRIE

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Julia M STURROCK

Willie SAWERS

Roderick A J WALLACE

Fiona M GRANT

 

Charles A WEBSTER

 

Bailie Bruce MACKIE, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 3rd March, 2005 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I MINUTE OF MEETING OF TAXI LIAISON GROUP HELD ON 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2004

 

The minute of the above meeting (Appendix I) was submitted for information.

 

II CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982

 

(a) HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

Address

1

Hillcrest Housing Association

5 Canning Place

2

Hillcrest Housing Association

1 Martingale Gardens (Flat 8)

3

Hillcrest Housing Association

2 Temple Lane

4

Pervin Maleque

33A Commercial Street (2nd South)

5

Ms Julie Brooks

93 Nethergate (2nd Floor)

6

Mr A Daud, c/o Mr I Jamal

4 Cleghorn Street (1st Floor)

7

Mrs K Latef

42 Roseangle (1st Floor)

8

Mr I Jamal

9 Ward Road (2nd Floor)

9

Mr I Jamal

14 Union Street (3rd Floor)

10

Rebecca B Williams

39 Taits Lane

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the above applications.

 

The Committee agreed to defer the undernoted applications.

 

No

Name

Address

1

Ms Helen Allan

281 Perth Road

2

Tayside Property Management

8 Castle Street (1st Floor)

3

E Andrews

20 Black Street (G/R)

4

Lindmac Ltd

30 Meadowside (Flat 1)

5

Lindmac Ltd

30 Meadowside (Flat 2)

6

Jean A Walker

6 St Mary's Place

7

Mark Edmond

2 Baxter Park Terrace (1/1)

8

Fergus McPherson

58 Peddie Street (1/2)

9

Michael Devlin

1 Rustic Place (2/2)

10

Michael Devlin

3D Tay Square (Top Floor)

 

(b) HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION - REQUEST FOR VARIATION

 

DMH Properties had requested a variation to their existing licence in respect of premises at 105B Nethergate (2nd Floor) for a change of occupancy from 4 persons to 5 persons.

 

The Committee agreed to the above variation.

 

(c) LATE HOURS CATERING LICENCE - NEW APPLICATION

 

 

Name

Address

Hours of Opening

 

 

Nour-Eddine Zilaoui

226a Strathmartine Road

From 11 pm to 1 am Mondays to Sundays

 

The Committee noted that the above application had been withdrawn.

 

(d) PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATION

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed that the undernoted application be granted.

 

 

Name

 

 

Wilma Alcorn

 

(e) PRIVATE HIRE CAR LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

 

1

James Alcorn, t/a Alcorn Travel

2

James Alcorn, t/a Alcorn Travel

3

Brian Findlayson

4

Ronald Hutchison-Jack

5

Steven Lamb, t/a Limo Link USA

6

Agnes Leadingham,

t/a Sir Normal Limousines

 

In the case of Application Nos 1 to 4 and 6, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the applications be granted. In the case of Application No 5, the Committee noted that it had been withdrawn.

 

(f) PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

Councillor Webster declared a non-financial interest in respect of Application Nos 1 to 3 by virtue of his employment at the University of Dundee.

 

No

Name

Address

Purpose

 

1

University of Dundee

Balfour Street Car Park

Garden Party on Tuesday, 12th July, 2005 from 4 pm to 6 pm.

 

2

Dundee University

Students Association

Balfour Street Car Park

Fairground for Graduation Ball on Saturday, 25th June, 2005 from 6 pm to 1 am.

 

3

University of Dundee

Balfour Street Car Park

Garden Party on Thursday, 23rd June and Friday, 24th June, 2005 from 4 pm to 6 pm.

 

 

4

European Entertainment Corporation

Caird Park

Chinese State Circus on Thursday, 4th August to Monday, 8th August, 2005 from 1 pm to 10 pm daily.

 

In the case of Application Nos 1 to 3, the Committee having heard from an officer from Environmental Health and Trading Standards, agreed to grant the applications subject to satisfactory inspections.

 

In the case of Application No 4, there being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the application.

 

(g) SECOND HAND DEALER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATION

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the undernoted application:-

 

 

Name

Address of Premises

Type of Goods

 

 

Graham Anderson

Dens Road Market

Household and Electrical Goods and Garden Equipment.

 

(h) STREET TRADER - NEW APPLICATION

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the undernoted application:-

 

 

Name

Address of Premises

Type of Goods

 

 

John Pattie

7 Sidlaw Range,

Kirriemuir

Ice Cream, Cigarettes, Sweets, Drinks, Crisps.

 

(i) TAXI DRIVER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

 

1

Alexander Baillie

2

Graeme Findlay

3

Steven Guild

4

Scott Lindsay

5

Kenneth Low

6

John McCord

7

James Russell

8

James J Burke

9

Ronald Hutchison-Jack

10

John Brown

11

Ian Walker

 

In the case of Application Nos 1 to 9, there being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the applications.

 

In the case of Applications 10 and 11, the Committee, after hearing that the applicants had failed to pass a street test within the prescribed period, agreed to refuse the applications.

 

(j) TAXI LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

 

1

James Bollan

2

Thomas Ferrie

3

Brian Fraser

4

Mohammed Iqbal

5

Brian Malliff

6

James McCorkindale

7

Rosemary & Richard Moser/

Rosemary Moser

8

John Reilly

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed that the above applications be granted subject to the standard conditions.

 

(k) WINDOW CLEANER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

 

 

1

John Davie

2

Ambrose Dodds

 

There being no objections, the Committee agreed to grant the above applications.

 

III TAXI LIAISON GROUP

 

The Committee were informed that the Dundee Taxi Association had requested an additional representative at the Taxi Liaison Group to represent their members who have accessible vehicles and that a request had been received from an individual wheelchair accessible taxi operator to be appointed to membership.

 

The Committee agreed to an additional representative on the Taxi Liaison Group from the Dundee Taxi Association to represent members with accessible vehicles but deferred a request from a Mr Thoreson for membership pending evidence that he represents a group of operators.

 

IV MARCHES AND PARADES

 

There was submitted Report No 196-2005 by the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) advising the Committee of the Scottish Executive's proposals for reform of the law relating to marches and parades and seeking instructions for replying to the Consultation Paper containing the proposals.

 

The Committee agreed to remit to the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) to reply on behalf of the Council noting the proposals for reform of the law relating to marches and parades contained in the Consultation Paper "Supporting Police, Protecting Communities" and to raise the concerns of the Committee regarding some of the proposals.

 

V MISCELLANEOUS LICENSING FEES

 

Following a review in conjunction with the Depute Chief Executive (Finance), the Committee agreed that the following fees be charged with effect from 1st April, 2005.

 

 

Proposed Fee

Animal Boarding Establishment

75

Cinema Licence

105

Dangerous Wild Animal (excluding Vet Fees)

75

Game Dealer

60

Pet Animals

60

Riding Establishment

75

Theatre Act - Annual

105

Venison Registration

60

Approval of Marriages (Temporary Unlicensed)

150

(Temporary Licensed)

75

(3 Year Approval)

450

 

There were no increases proposed to any fees for licences under Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.

 

VI TAXI TEST FEES

 

The Committee agreed to approve the fees as undernoted with effect from 1st April, 2005.

 

Test Element

Fees 2005/06

 

Full Test

43

F/Test Non Attend

21

Full Test Cancellation

21

Re-test

13

Re-Test Non Attend

7

Re-test Paintwork

13

Re-test (Free Items)

Free

Pre-Test

32

Pre-Test Non Attend

16

Meter Test

21

Taxi Plate

12

Duplicate Taxi Certificate

7

MOT Certificate (Taxis)

7

MOT Test

25

Duplicate MOT Certificate

10

 

VII ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES

 

Following consultation with the taxi trade through the Taxi Liaison Group, it was recommended that the specification for approval by the Committee of accessible taxis be upgraded from low volume type approval to European whole vehicle type approval.

Currently the vehicles which had such approval were:-

 

1 TX1 (1999 last model in range)

2 TX2 including newer models

3 Peugeot European Taxi

4 Euro 7

5 Peugeot E7 and E7 SE

 

This approval will only apply to those persons applying for a Taxi Licence on or after 1st April, 2005.

 

The Committee agreed accordingly.

 

VIII CHANGE OF DATE OF MEETING

 

The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled to take place on 5th May, 2005 and as there was likely to be a UK Parliamentary Election held on that date, it was recommended that the meeting be cancelled and rescheduled to take place on 12th May, 2005.

 

The Committee agreed accordingly.

 

 

 

 

BRUCE D MACKIE, Convener.