Licensing Committee - 24/04/2003

At a MEETING of the LICENSING COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 24th April 2003.

 

Present:-

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Jill SHIMI

Fiona M GRANT

Andrew DAWSON

Helen WRIGHT

John R LETFORD

Neil I C POWRIE

Betty WARD

Joe FITZPATRICK

Allan PETRIE

 

Councillor GRANT, Depute Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 27th March, 2003 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I NOMINATION OF CHAIR

 

In the absence of the Convener, Councillor Regan, it was noted that the Depute Convener, Councillor Grant would take the Chair for the duration of the business on the agenda.

 

II LOTTERIES AND AMUSEMENTS ACT 1976

 

(a) APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS FOR AMUSEMENTS WITH PRIZES

 

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

 

No

Name

Address of Premises

No of Machines

 

1

Liberty Nightclub Limited

First Floor, 2 St Andrew's Lane

2

 

III CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1982

 

(a) HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name of Applicant

Address of Premises

 

1

Neil and Susan Chapple

3/2, 9 Bank Street

2

Neil and Susan Chapple

1/2, 9 Bank Street

3

Ancient Order of Forresters Friendly Society

Second Right, 7 Blackness Avenue

4

Gowrie Housing Association

38 Brown Constable Street

5

Florence Soave

31 Shaftesbury Road

6

Charles G Milne

Flat 2, 32 South Tay Street

7

Richard Borland

1st Floor Flat, 95 Peddie Street

8

Colin J Drummond

157 Perth Road

9

Z D Limited

10B Reform Street

10

Francesco J Esposito

2/3, 358 Perth Road

11

University of Abertay

Dalrymple Street

12

University of Abertay

Alloway Place West

13

University of Abertay

12/14 Victoria Road

14

University of Abertay

19 Bell Street

15

Professor and Mrs Grinyer and Mr & Mrs Letley

4th Floor, 4 Whitehall Street

16

Roderick W G Campbell

36 Albany Terrace

17

Malcolm D Harris

2nd Floor, 105b Nethergate

18

John and Agnes Conroy

2/1, 1 Graham Place

 

No

Name of Applicant

Address of Premises

 

19

John and Pauline Baruffati

1A Thomson Street

20

John and Pauline Baruffati

1 Westfield Avenue

21

John and Pauline Baruffati

West Pitkerro Cottage, Baldovie

22

John and Pauline Baruffati

4th Floor, 86 Nethergate

23

John and Pauline Baruffati

3/2, 114 Seagate

24

John and Pauline Baruffati

3/1, 51 Reform Street

25

John and Pauline Baruffati

Flat 9, 35A Cowgate

26

John and Pauline Baruffati

3rd Floor, 3 Seagate

27

John and Pauline Baruffati

4th Floor, 41 Reform Street

 

In the case of applications 1 to 14, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the applications be granted.

 

In the case of applications 15 to 27, the Committee agreed that consideration of these items be deferred to a future meeting.

 

(b) LATE HOURS' CATERING LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

Address of Premises

Hours of Opening

 

1

Altaf Yasin

31 Albert Street

(Punjab Tandoori)

11 pm to 2 am Sunday to Thursday and 11 pm to 4 am Saturday and Sunday.

 

2

Aftab Quereshi

25B Baluniefield Road

(Yaad Ghaar)

11 pm to 12 midnight Sunday to Thursday and 11 pm to 1 am Friday.

 

In the case of application no 1, the Committee, after hearing an agent on behalf of the applicant, the advice of the Legal Officer and consideration of a letter of support submitted on behalf of the applicant, agreed that the application be considered competent and that it be advertised for submission to a future meeting of the Committee.

 

In the case of application no 2, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

 

(c) PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

Address of Premises

Purpose (including dates)

 

1

Thomas Clark

St Francis RC Church,

Tullideph Road

Gala Day - 12 noon, 6 July 2003 to 1 am, 7 July 2003 .

 

2

Mary Laird

Balmerino Road

(Social Work, Gym Hall)

Disco - Every second Tuesday 7 pm to 9 pm.

 

In the case of application no 1, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the application be granted subject to conditions.

 

In the case of application No 2, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

(d) SECOND HAND DEALER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

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

 

No

Name

Address of Premises

Type of Goods

 

1

Charles J Sandeman

45 Buttars Loan

Motor Vehicles

 

(e) TAXI LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

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

 

No

Name

 

1

Malcolm Dewar

2

Christopher Robertson

 

(f) PRIVATE HIRE LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

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

 

No

Name

 

1

Douglas W Taylor

2

Elaine C Caffrey

3

Scott Miller

 

(g) TAXI DRIVER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There were submitted the undernoted applications:-

 

No

Name

1

Derek Anderson

2

John Dunn

3

Michael Gallacher

4

Peter Howard

5

Ruairidh McLeod

6

Michael Malone

7

Derek G Mullady

8

John Russell

9

Sheena N Webster

10

William Dempster

11

Irene Gibson

12

David Harper

13

Paul D Muir

14

Kenneth J Paterson

 

In the case of application nos. 1 to 9, there being no objections, the Committee agreed that the applications be granted.

 

In the case of application nos. 11 and 14, the Committee noted that these applications had been withdrawn from consideration at the request of the applicants.

 

In the case of application nos. 12 and 13, the Committee, after noting that the applicants had failed to pass the Street Knowledge Test within the prescribed period and agreed that the applications be refused.

 

(h) WINDOW CLEANER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATION

 

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

 

No

Name

 

1

Ruth McKenzie

 

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted items of business on the grounds that this would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A to the above Act.

 

IV CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982

 

(a) TAXI DRIVER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATION

 

There was submitted an application by Mr K McG for a taxi driver's licence.

 

The Committee gave consideration to a letter of representation which had been submitted to the Chief Constable relative to this application. Part of the representation referred to convictions which were spent in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and after hearing the Chief Constable's representative as to their age and nature, the Committee agreed that they be considered as justice could not otherwise be done.

 

Thereafter, having heard the applicant on his own behalf, the Committee agreed that the application be granted for a period of six months.

 

(b) WINDOW CLEANER'S LICENCE - NEW APPLICATIONS

 

There was submitted an application by Mr P G for a window cleaner's licence.

 

The Committee gave consideration to a letter of representation which had been submitted by the Chief Constable relative to this application.

 

Thereafter, having heard the applicant on his own behalf and consideration of the advice of the Legal Officer, the Committee agreed that the application be granted for a period of six months.

 

(c) TAXI DRIVER'S LICENCE - RENEWALS

 

(i) On a reference to Article IIIe(ii) of minute of meeting of 7th November 2002, there was submitted an application by Mr G B for renewal of his taxi driver's licence.

 

The Committee gave consideration to letters of representation which had been submitted by the Chief Constable relative to this application.

 

Thereafter, having heard the applicant on his own behalf, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

 

(ii) On a reference to Article IIIf(i) of minute of meeting of 7th November 2002, there was submitted an application by Mr L C for renewal of his taxi driver's licence.

 

The Committee, after agreeing that the application be considered in the absence of the applicant, gave consideration to letters of representation which had been submitted by the Chief Constable relative to this application.

 

Thereafter, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

 

(iii) On a reference to Article III(f)(ii) of minute of meeting of 7th November 2002, there was submitted an application by Mr D F for renewal of his taxi driver's licence.

 

The Committee gave consideration to letters of representation which had been submitted by the Chief Constable relative to this application.

 

Thereafter, having heard the applicant on his own behalf, the Committee agreed that the application be granted.

 

(iv) On a reference to Article IV(e) of minute of meeting of 26th September 2002, there was submitted an application by Mr G P for renewal of his taxi driver's licence.

 

The Committee, after being advised that the applicant was not present, agreed that consideration of the application be deferred until the meeting of the Licensing Committee to be held in June 2003 to allow the applicant to attend.

 

(d) STREET TRADER'S LICENCE - RENEWALS

 

On a reference to Article III(c) of minute of meeting of 7th November 2002, there was submitted an application by Ms Y C for a street trader's licence.

 

The Committee after being advised that the applicant was not present agreed that consideration of this application be deferred until the meeting of the Licensing Committee to be held in June 2003 to allow the applicant to attend.

 

(e) SUSPENSION HEARING - TAXI DRIVER

 

On a reference to Article I of minute of meeting of 18th December 2002 there was submitted a letter of complaint by the Chief Constable relative to the alleged conduct of Mr M F during the currency of his taxi driver's licence.

 

After noting that the licence holder was not present, the Committee agreed that this matter be considered in their absence and that the suspension be continued with immediate effect and that a further suspension hearing be held at the meeting of the Licensing Committee to be held in December 2003.

 

 

 

 

FIONA GRANT, Chair.