San Jose, the mayor argued, doesn’t have enough police officers to oversee another club.īut Wolfes said she won’t disappoint the elected leaders who backed her plan. Liccardo, who represented the downtown district before being elected mayor, said it’s a common “phenomenon” that applicants ask to open a restaurant before morphing into a nightclub. “Does (Wolfes) need her own march? I’ve been here four years - never have I seen anyone treated like this.” “We just had a women’s march,” Khamis said. The potential violation occurred when it appeared a total of six council members - a majority of the 11-member City Council - may have privately discussed opposing the plan.Ĭouncilman Johnny Khamis - who supported the plan from its start - said it’s become one the “most overly politicized” projects he’s ever seen. The city has approved 54 other similar late-night use permits, records show, including ones at neighboring businesses such as M Asian Fusion. Brown Act - which prohibits public officials from privately lining up votes. Though Wolfes’ project was denied three separate times by the City Council, she secured more support with each hearing - going from a 9-2 vote to reject her project in August 2015 to a split 6-5 vote last November.īut two weeks after that last vote to deny the project, allegations surfaced that city council members violated the Ralph M. “I’m so happy for the city that we now have a council that cares about business and is looking past the politics,” Wolfes said late Tuesday. Wolfes will use the top floor of the 8,642-square foot building for a private banquet hall.
To address concerns from project critics, Wolfes added a daytime use - a Japanese fusion restaurant - to ensure the site wouldn’t be dark during the day and reduced its occupancy from 669 people to 500 people - 250 on each floor. “I went to Jenny afterwards and congratulated her and expressed my interest in wanting to support her as a business.” “At the end of the day, we’re a council of 11 people and a majority saw it differently,” Peralez said following the meeting. Peralez, who apologized to Wolfes after the meeting for upsetting her, said he’s disappointed by the outcome. Liccardo and Peralez led the opposition, saying the project would turn into a “mega-club” and over-saturate a street already occupied by several other bars and lounges.īut after being accused of violating open meeting law by privately lining up votes to deny the proposal last year, the City Council reconsidered the issue Tuesday - and it won approval with four new council members. Over the next two years, the city Planning Commission reversed its decision twice and Planning Director Harry Freitas withdrew his support.
Wolfes’ project initially got approvals from city planners and the San Jose Planning Commission. But the project’s next-door neighbors, prominent law firm Hopkins & Carley, opposed the plan and appealed multiple times, complaining about noise, odor and traffic concerns. inside the historic building at 58 South 1st Street, which sat empty since 2014 and was plagued by vandalism, graffiti and blight. Wolfes in March 2015 applied for a permit to serve alcohol and play music until 2 a.m. Where there is no respect for girls I don't think that event place is good for girls highly disappointed.I Request you all don't book your tickets in Advance in specially any BOLLYWOOD PARTIES they cheat and they will show u who cares attitude.Being a girl I hate those places where there is no respect for women highly disappointed NO TO FUZ LOUNGE Bollywood dance party. this is not at all acceptable behavior as we already purchased the tickets in advance and we came so long.and we are not let it go by this. u all are not allowed to enter( including2 who is having a valid I'd and wearing white ). Let me start from here :-We booked a ticket your bollywood white party on 12th April and we came in event but your bouncers behave so badly in front of public which is really not acceptable as, he should b polite and show some respect to girls we were having a valid I'd and one of my friend is having a EAD so we request him to let her enter but he speak so badly with us and after that he told.
0 kommentar(er)
