Agenda and minutes

The Democratic Services Officer read out the procedure.

Councillor Gabriel Batt sent his apologies, Councillor Anthony Clarke was his substitute.

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There were none.

There was none.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 17th December 2013 be confirmed as a correct record and be signed by the chair(person).

RESOLVED that the procedure for the meeting be noted.

The Sub-Committee considered the report which sought determination of a variation of an existing Premises Licence under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003, in respect of Zero Zero Nightclub.

Present:

Premises Licence Holder (PLH)   - Kambiz Shayegan

Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS)   - Joseph Baio

Licensing Agent  - David Holley

Representations:

Police Inspector  - Steven Mildren

Police Licensing Officer  - Martin Purchase

Fire Safety Officer  - Nigel Jagger

Residents' Association  - Ian Perkins (on behalf of TARA and CARA)

It was confirmed that the procedure had been read and understood.

The Senior Public Protection Officer presented the report and clarified that there was no change to the timings of the licence.  The variation sought the removal of five conditions and outlined five replacement conditions (see paragraph 5.3 of the report).  She confirmed that representations had been received from the police, fire and two residents' associations.  She also noted that the premises were located in the Bath Cumulative Impact Area.

Applicant's case

The applicant's agent presented the case along with the Premises Licence Holder and the Designated Premises Supervisor.  During the presentation the following points were made:-

·  the PLH had been in the licensing trade for 30 years and had a special relationship with his manager and staff;

·  he had trusted one person, the previous manager, who had let him down badly which had resulted in the problems at the club last year;

·  as the police had wanted, he had closed the club, got in new staff and a new manager (DPS) and he had spent a lot of money on improvements and changes;

·  the new manager knew the Bath club scene very well;

·  the PLH had the required number of door supervisors at 10pm but no-one arrived at the club until at least 11pm,  the club appeared 'unsafe' with that number of door supervisors present;

·  the problems last year arose in the toilets, now the PLH employed a toilet supervisor who did checks and sold perfumes, he did not believe checks also needed to be made by the door supervisors (as per the condition);

·  the PLH found it difficult to always have a female door supervisor present, as there were not many women in this job;

·  no other club in Bath had the restrictions that Zero Zero did;

·  since the problems last year the club had proved itself, except for one incident;

·  it was hard running a club in this economic climate and having to pay out so much of the takings on door supervisors;

·  a guest list had been created, so the majority of people at the club were known and from the numbers on the guest list it was possible to know which nights would be busy;

·  60% of customers had been there before;

·  the PLH wanted the club to run efficiently with the necessary number of staff;

·  already over 300 had been banned from the premises as they were not the 'right' clientele;

·  the DPS often stood on the door to monitor the situation;

·  the DPS had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 96.