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requirements, or can they eliminate them or remove some of them? That's the question <br />before you today. <br />Ibarra: Initially, if the permit (license) is granted without conditions, the Commission could <br />have done that because at that time there was already a public hearing? <br />Takase: Yes, it came through the normal hearing process like you do for all your other <br />applicants. There were no complaints or protests against this application at the time it was <br />originally approved. <br />Ibarra: So in the future, say you have a similar situation and the Commission denies the <br />future request from a different business and they argue that a relief was granted from this <br />one, but actually the Commission already granted the permit (license) with conditions which <br />it could have granted without conditions because there was already a public hearing? <br />Takase: Yes. <br />Gonzalez: I'm going to just interject on the Licensee's history. The license was originally <br />issued by the Liquor Commission on December 15, 2017. They already went through two <br />public hearings at that point. On April of 2018, they requested to increase premises to <br />include the side yard which is part of their lease. That was another public hearing when, <br />instead of doing a site visit, we had a presentation. From that application, after the license <br />was already issued and they were in operation for almost half a year, the Commission <br />imposed the conditions. So there has been at least three fully -noticed public hearings on <br />this matter. <br />Masuda: Mr. Gonzalez, that was publicly noticed, but notifications weren't sent out <br />individually because it was just an increase of licensed area, right? <br />Gonzalez: Right. The notice to the property owners was already done for the other, it was <br />still within the previous property. <br />Masuda: And when the applicant came to increase the license (license premises), it was <br />already contemplated that there was going to be large numbers. That's why you (the <br />Commission) placed the restriction of 100 people, right? <br />Gonzalez: I believe there were concerns about parking and noise because, although it <br />was in/under their control, it was outside the four walls of the building. <br />Masuda: So it's all fenced in? <br />Gonzalez: Right. <br />JUNE 6, 2019 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 22 <br />