Agenda of District Licensing Committee

Notice of Meeting:

I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the District Licensing Committee will be held on:

Date: Friday 22 October 2021

Time: 9.00 am

Venue: Edinburgh Room, Municipal Chambers, the Octagon, Dunedin

Sandy Graham

Chief Executive Officer

District Licensing Committee

Opposed New Licence – Great Taste Buffet Restaurant

PUBLIC AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Colin Weatherall

Members	Rakei Amohau
	Katie Lane

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.

District Licensing Committee

22 October 2021

Part A Reports

Report for On-licence Application by Great Taste Buffet Restaurant, 12 St Andrew Street, Dunedin – From Secretary, District Licensing Committee

Department: Civic

APPLICATION DESCRIPTION

Applicant’s Name:	Great Taste Limited
Site Address	12 St Andrew Street, Dunedin
Trading Name:	Great Taste Buffet Restaurant
Style of Licence	Restaurant
Application Number	ON-13-2021
Date received by Council	16 June 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 This is a report for an application for a new on-licence from Great Taste Limited for their premises situated at 12 St Andrew Street, Dunedin, and known as “Great Taste Buffet Restaurant”. The criteria found at section 105 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the Act) apply to this application.

2 The applicant seeks slightly fewer hours than the previous licensee. The inspector considers that the sale and supply of alcohol under these conditions are consistent with the purpose of the Act and meets the criteria at section 105.

3 While there were no public objections, both the Police and Licensing Inspector have opposed the grant of this licence.

APPLICANT AND APPLICATION

4 The applicant company was registered in November 2020. It has one director, Deqin Wang, and tow shareholders, Deqin Wang and Junlin Li.

5 Both are experienced in the management of licensed premises having owned two restaurants, “Kwang Chow Cuisine” in Dunedin and the “Hong Kong Restaurant” in Invercargill. The Dunedin premises was issued a licence after a public hearing resulting from opposition from the Licensing Inspector and Medical Officer of Health. During the hearing the applicant asked for amendments to their requested trading hours and undertook not to allow BYO alcohol.

6 No concerns were raised in the time they held the licence for this premises.

7 The application for a temporary authority for the current premises was declined by the Committee after it was learned they traded without authority for about six months. The Committee emphasised that their decision was not a predetermination of this application.

PUBLIC NOTICE

8 Public notification of this application did not attract any public opposition.

9 However, while the Medical Officer of Health has not opposed the application, both the Police and Licensing Inspector submitted adverse reports.

10 Police: The Police have raised three matters:

· The object of the Act – the Committee needs to have confidence in the application

· Suitability of the applicant – they admitted selling alcohol without a licence or temporary authority

· Systems, staff and training – there is a lack of detail regarding training and there is no supporting documentation attached to the application.

11 Licensing Inspector: Two points were raised:

· Suitability of the applicant – in the decision regarding the temporary authority, the Committee commented on ‘concerns regarding their suitability to hold a temporary authority’

· Host Responsibility Policy – their policy has no mention of not serving minors or the acceptable forms of identification.

CONCLUSION

12 The applicant in this matter had a temporary authority application declined after they admitted selling alcohol without either a licence or temporary authority.

13 In that matter the Committee commented that this current application would not be predetermined by the previous decision.

14 This public hearing will allow the applicant the opportunity to satisfy the Committee that they meet the criteria detailed in section 105 of the Act.

Signatories

Author:	Kevin Mechen - Secretary, District Licensing Committee
Authoriser:

Attachments

	Title	Page
⇩a	On-licence Application	8
⇩b	Licensing Inspector's Opposition	27
⇩c	Police Opposition	31
⇩d	Police Opposition Email	34
⇩e	Medical Officer of Health - not opposed	35
⇩f	Planning Certificate	36
⇩g	Building Compliance Certificate	39
⇩h	Fire and Emergency New Zealand Clearance	40
⇩i	Public Notices	42

District Licensing Committee

22 October 2021

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