HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

152

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

Urging the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu to not grant certain dispensers' or cabaret liquor licenses within five hundred feet of residences, schools, and other areas.

 

 

WHEREAS, since 1992, Neighborhood Board No. 11 (Ala Moana, Kakaako) has indicated its concerns directly to the Liquor Commission regarding problems generated by certain kinds of bars; and

WHEREAS, problems such as disturbing the peace late at night or early morning, public drunkenness, street fights, prostitution, drug trafficking, and increase in crime are complaints residents have made with existing bars; and

WHEREAS, the spacing of bars and enforcement of Liquor Commission rules will help keep bars respectable and a place of enjoyment and business; and

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Neighborhood Plan charges this board to monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the government's delivery of service to citizens; and

WHEREAS, Article 7 charges the neighborhood boards with the responsibility of addressing problems and advocating residents' interests; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2002, that this body urges the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu to adopt the recommendations made by the Neighborhood Board No. 11 (Ala Moana/Kakaako) as detailed below; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body urges the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu to not grant Class 5 with category of 2 (nudity) or 4 (hostess), or Class 11 (4 a.m. closing) licenses if the establishment is or would be situated within five hundred feet of any residence, public school, public park or playground, place of worship, the Hawaii Convention Center, any other bar, or any sex-oriented entertainment establishment not licensed to serve liquor; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, since counties may increase the requirements for transfers of class 5, category (2) and (4), and class 11 licenses as provided in section 281-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to transfers of licenses, the Honolulu Liquor Commission is requested to:

(1) Subject those transfers to Rule 45-2, in which there is no clause to exempt transfers;

(2) Review all license transfers granted since August 23, 1998, for the application of Rule 45-2; and

(3) Revoke or not renew affected licenses;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Honolulu Liquor Commission is further requested to:

(1) Not renew a license if there have been any violations six months prior to the time of renewal;

(2) Increase monitoring of hostess and strip bars, especially for forms of prostitution such as "hostessing";

(3) Enforce Rule 62(b), prohibiting unlicensed entertainment areas from being connected to licensed premises;

(4) Enforce citations for all violations, and increase fines at adjudications; and

(5) Report to the local neighborhood board any complaints received from persons regarding any establishment;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Honolulu Liquor Commission is requested to report any findings and recommendations regarding the implementation of this Resolution to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2003; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor and Council of the City and County of Honolulu and the Administrator of the City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Liquor Licensed Establishments