West Hollywood’s Business License Commission denied on Tuesday a request by the Heart night club to extend its hours of operation until 4 a.m.
Heart’s request — which would not have allowed alcohol to be served past 2 a.m. — was turned down in a 3-3 split vote. Chairman Anthony Vulin and Commissioners Robert Saltzman and Catherine Eng voted in favor, while Commissioners Robert Lo, Danny Hang and Mark Yusupov voted against. Commissioner Elyse Eisenberg was absent.
Heart has already been operating till 4 a.m. since November using special events permits. The measure would have eliminated the need for them to do so. The club argued that a later closing time allows a more orderly dispersion of the crowd after last call. Neighbors said they were already experiencing problems with the crowds from Heart and other nightclubs.
The commission then moved to have staff bring the item back to the commission at its next meeting with additional information they felt was missing from the presentation, including the number of incidents before November, an accurate number of complaints, and letters of support and opposition.
Grateful for this win. We’ll see if it holds.
Thank you for being sensible for once.
Nightlife is a very important part of West Hollywood’s economy. The quality of life issues of the roughly 36,000 people who call West Hollywood home trump the two extra hours of noise and disruptive behavior. There’s a time to take the parties home and that time has been 2:00 a.m. for a good long time and should remain 2:00 a.m.
Yup! 👏👏👏
Utterly agree … by 2am the party’s surely over
Great! At least someone has some sense as opposed to that dreadful City council. As for the patrions, of this booze Joint, most likely 98% are from crime ridden Los Angeles. Of course the late night owl so-called doctor Erickson would be very upset about this.
I’d like to hear more about what the concerns are with the crowds, within 1 block of the clubs is fairly commercial, I’m two blocks away, I’m sleeping at that hour, I don’t hear anything.
If the issue is with them dispersing into neighborhoods after, expand residential permit parking, force visitors on to SMB and the public parking garages. This would mean public parking garages would have to stay open a few hours later, but the city can charge a premium for that, i.e. $20 vs $12 and make some money in the process.
Um, no.
Very good news. 👏👏👏