To consider any items which the Chair has agreed to have submitted as urgent.

Councillor Madeleine Monaghan had been due to sit on this Panel, however was not able to attend due to unforeseen circumstances. 

In order that the business listed should be determined, Councillors Grimshaw, Barrett and Lynch convened the meeting as 3 qualifying members of the Licensing Committee, and agreed that the meeting should be adjourned until 12.30 pm.  Councillors Grimshaw, Barrett and Lynch also agreed that when the Panel reconvened, it should consist of Councillors Grimshaw, Barrett and Jeavons as qualifying members of the Licensing Committee.

Application for a New Premises Licence for Ciaooo Pizzeria Limited, 62 – 64 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JU                

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, the Licensing Act 2003, the Regulations made there under and the Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of that Act and the licensing objectives.

The Committee noted that agreement had been reached between the applicant and all parties who had made a representation, so treated the matter as a Determination.

Decision

To grant the application subject to the following conditions.

Conditions

1.    The premises shall install and maintain a comprehensive digital colour CCTV system. All public areas of the licensed premises, including all public entry and exit points. The CCTV cameras shall continually record whilst the premises are open to the public and recording shall be kept available and unedited for a minimum of 28 days with the date and time stamping. A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be present on the premises at all times when they are open to the public and must be able to produce / download / burn CCTV images upon request by a police officer or an authorised officer of the licensing authority. Any footage must be in a format so it can be played back on a standard personal computer or standard DVD player. Where the recording is on a removable medium (i.e. compact disc, flash card etc.), a secure storage system to store those recording mediums shall be provided.

2.    An incident log (which may be electronically recorded) shall be kept at the premises for at least six months, and made available on request to the Police or an authorised officer of the licensing authority, which will record the following incidents including pertinent details:

3.    The Designated Premises Supervisor shall ensure that a written notice of authority is kept at thepremises for all staff who sell alcohol. The notice shall be made available for inspection upon request of the police or an authorised officer of the licensing authority and all staff selling alcohol must be in possession of identification to enable to verify their identity against the notice.

4.    The premises shall display prominent signage indicating at any point of sale, the entrance to the premises and in all areas where alcohol is located that it is an offence to buy, or attempt to buy, alcohol for a person under the age of 18.

5.    In addition to any other training, the premises licence holder shall ensure all staff are trained to prevent underage sales, to be aware of and prevent proxy sales, to maintain the refusals log and monitor staff to ensure their training is put into practice. Documented records of training completed shall be kept for each member of staff. Training shall be regularly refreshed and at no greater than 6 monthly intervals.

6.    No bottles, glasses or similar items may be disposed of in outside receptacles between 22:00 and 08:00 hours.

7.    At the end of trading each day the pavement from the building line to the kerb edge immediately outside the premises shall be swept or washed and litter stored in accordance with waste storage arrangements.

8.    The Challenge 21 scheme must be operated to ensure that any person who appears to be under the age of 21 shall provide documented proof that he/she is over 18 years of age Proof of age shall only comprise a passport, photo card driving licence, an HM Forces warrant card, or a card bearing the PASS hologram.

9.    A log shall be kept at the premises and record all refused sales of alcohol for the reasons that the person(s) is, or appear to be, under 18 years of age The log shall record the date and time of the refusal and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale The log will be available on request by the police or an authorised officer of Manchester City Council The log shall be checked on a regular basis by the Designated Premises Supervisor to ensure that it is being used by staff and each check shall be recorded in the log.