Notice of Meeting:
I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the
District Licensing Committee will be held on:
Date: Wednesday
4 December 2019
Time: 9.00
am
Venue: Edinburgh
Room, Municipal Chambers, the Octagon, Dunedin
Sue Bidrose
District Licensing Committee
Opposed Special Licence – St Kilda Tavern (2002)
Limited
PUBLIC AGENDA
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Chairperson
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Colin Weatherall
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Deputy Chairperson
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Andrew Noone
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Members
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Cr Mike Lord
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Senior Officer Kevin
Mechen, Secretary, District Licensing Committee
Governance Support Officer Lynne
Adamson
Lynne Adamson
Governance Support Officer
Telephone: 03 477 4000
Lynne.Adamson@dcc.govt.nz
www.dunedin.govt.nz
Note: Reports
and recommendations contained in this agenda are not to be considered as
Council policy until adopted.
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District Licensing Committee
4 December 2019
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Part
A Reports
Report for Opposed Special Licence, 2 Prince
Albert Road, Dunedin – From Secretary, District Licensing Committee
Department: Customer and Regulatory Services
APPLICATION DESCRIPTION
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Applicant’s
Name:
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St
Kilda Tavern (2002) Limited
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Site
Address
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2
Prince Albert Road, Dunedin
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Trading
Name:
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St
Kilda Tavern
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Style
of Licence
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Special
Licence
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Application
Number
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SP-265-2019
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Date
received by Council
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19
September 2019
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 This
is a report for an application for a special licence. The criteria found
at section 142 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the Act) apply to
this application.
2 The
applicant is seeking a special licence for both New Year’s Eve and Good
Friday 2020 when the Highlanders are playing a Super 15 rugby game at the
Forsyth Barr Stadium.
3 The
New Year’s Eve part of the application is not opposed but the reporting
agencies, Police, Medical officer of Health and Licensing Inspector oppose the
Good Friday.
4 Premises
cannot be open on Good Friday unless those patrons are there for the purposes
of dining or there is a special licence in place for an event at the premises.
APPLICANT AND APPLICATION
Applicant
5 The
applicant has owned the premises since 2002. In that time there have been
no issues regarding their suitability.
6 The
New Year’s Eve part of the application is for an extension of trading to
allow patrons to celebrate the arrival of the new year. This is not
opposed by the agencies.
7 The
second part of the application is for Good Friday, 10 April 2020 between 4pm
and 10.30pm. The event is described as a Highlanders versus Sharks rugby
game.
8 The
premises is to be designated a supervised area on both occasions.
9 More
detail for the night was requested of the applicant. They are:
· The
hours of the special licence would be 4.30pm to 6.45pm and then again 9.30pm to
11pm.
· The
30 season ticket holders who go to every Highlanders game would have a barbeque
and a drink before being bused to the stadium for the game.
· After
the game they would be taken back to the tavern for a drink while safe
transport options were arranged.
· The
premises would not be open while the game was being played and facilities like
the gambling machines would not be available.
PUBLIC NOTICE
10 The
application was not publicly advertised.
Objections
11 Police:
The grounds for Police opposition are:
· There
is no actual event on the application
· Details
of the game to be played differ to that in the application – the
application has the game being played against the Sharks when in fact it is the
Chiefs.
· Police
believe the application is an attempt to trade on one of the sacrosanct days
when the premises is required to be closed.
12 Medical
officer of Health: The opposition supports the position of the Police and
makes the comment that the event is the Highlanders game and the location of
the event is the Forsyth Barr Stadium, not the tavern.
13 Licensing
Inspector: The Inspector supports the position of the two other agencies.
CONCLUSION AND CONDITIONS
14 The
legislation requires all on-licensed and club premises to be closed on Good
Friday unless the people are present for the purposes of dining or there is a
special licence in place to allow the sale and supply of alcohol at an event at
the premises.
15 An
‘event’ is defined as including an occasion and a gathering.
However, while there is no further explanation, a special licence cannot be
granted to allow trading when the premises should otherwise be closed.
16 It
is for the Committee to determine whether or not the proposal by the applicant
is deemed to be a function for the purposes of the Act.
Signatories
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Author:
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Kevin Mechen - Secretary, District Licensing Committee
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Authoriser:
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Adrian Blair - Group Manager Customer and Regulatory Services
Simon Pickford - General Manager Community Services
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Attachments
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Title
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Page
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⇩a
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Application Coversheet
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8
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⇩b
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Application
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10
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⇩c
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Police Opposition
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19
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⇩d
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Medical Officer of
Health Opposition
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21
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⇩e
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Licensing Inspector
Opposition
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22
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⇩f
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FENZ Email
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24
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⇩g
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Emails Clarifying
Position
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25
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⇩h
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Menu, HR Policy, etc
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29
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