LICENSING AND REGISTRATION PANEL

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 1998 - 3.00 pm

Present:- Councillors Calvert, Morrison (D), Roach, Nimmo and Rebecchi, Councillor Morrison (D), Convener, in the Chair.

In attendance:- The Director of Central Services and Mr H McNeilly (for the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services).

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Panel.

1107 APPLICATION FOR SECOND HAND DEALER'S LICENCE: 1107

GIOVANNI GOBBI, 2 TARBET STREET, GOUROCK

SUBMITTED: Report dated 23 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Second Hand Dealer's Licence by Giovanni Gobbi to allow him to sell second-hand cars from premises at 2 Tarbet Street, Gourock.

DECIDED: That the application be granted.

1108 APPLICATION FOR LATE HOURS CATERING LICENCE: 1108

FISH AND CHIP SHOP, 14 KEMPOCK STREET, GOUROCK

SUBMITTED: Report dated 23 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application by Giovanni Demelas to allow the operation of a hot food takeaway between the hours of 11 pm and 12 midnight on Sundays to Thursdays; 11 pm and 1 am on Fridays and Saturdays; and 11 pm to 1 am on 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1 and 2 January in each year at the premises at 14 Kempock Street, Gourock.

DECIDED: That the application be granted.

1109 APPLICATION FOR LATE HOURS CATERING LICENCE: 1109

MANZIL TANDOORI, 42 PRINCES STREET, PORT GLASGOW

SUBMITTED: Report dated 23 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Late Hours Catering Licence by Abdul Wahid Karim to allow the operation of a hot food takeaway.

The applicant had sought originally to have the premises known as Manzil Tandoori, 42 Princes Street, Port Glasgow open from 11 pm to 1 am daily but had subsequently amended his application to the hours of 11 pm to 12 midnight on Sundays to Thursdays and 11 pm to 1 am on Fridays and Saturdays.

DECIDED: That the application for the amended hours be granted.

1110 TAXI FARES REVIEW 1110

SUBMITTED: Report dated 24 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services advising of the results of the statutory consultation exercise in respect of the taxi fares review.

1110 DECIDED: 1110

(a) That the contents of the report be noted and the following fare scales be adopted from Sunday 15 November 1998:-

TARIFF 1	Hirings from ranks or 'flag' hirings begun between 6 am and midnight Initial charge (1,503 yards or part thereof) Subsequent charge (each additional 188 yards or part thereof) Approximate cost for first mile Approximate cost for each additional mile	£1.30 10p £1.50 £1.00
TARIFF 2	Hirings from ranks or 'flag' hirings begun between midnight and 6 am and all pre-booked hirings begun between 6 am and midnight Initial charge (1,458 yards or part thereof) Subsequent charge (each additional 182 yards or part thereof) Approximate cost for first mile Approximate cost for each additional mile	£1.50 10p £1.70 £1.00
TARIFF 3	Pre-booked hirings begun between midnight and 6 am and hirings from ranks or 'flag' hirings on 25 and 26 December and 1 and 2 January Initial charge (1,458 yards or part thereof) Subsequent charge (each additional 162 yards or part thereof) Approximate cost for first mile Approximate cost for each additional mile	£1.70 10p £1.90 £1.10
WAITING TIME	For each period of 45 seconds or part thereof	10p
SOILING CHARGE	Charge dependent on severity up to a maximum of	£15.00
VAT	The foregoing charges are inclusive of Value Added Tax; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to take all necessary action to implement the new fare scales.

1111 APPLICATION FOR STREET TRADER'S LICENCE: MARY McCLAFFERTY 1111

SUBMITTED: Report dated 7 October 1998 by the Director of Central Services advising that authority had been received using the procedure under Standing Order 66 to grant a Street Trader's Licence to Mary McClafferty to allow her to trade from a mobile snack van at the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal in Gourock.

NOTED

1112 CINEMAS ACT 1985: THE WATERFRONT CINEMA, CUSTOM HOUSE WAY, 1112

GREENOCK

SUBMITTED: Report dated 13 October 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Cinema Licence by West Coast Cinemas, 41 John Street, Dunoon for the use of the four-screen cinema complex known as The Waterfront, Custom House Way, Greenock. The report advised that this was the second time the applicant had omitted to renew the licence timeously.

DECIDED: That the application be granted and that it be remitted to the Director of Central Services to write to West Coast Cinemas in appropriate terms about their repeated failure to renew the licence timeously.

1113 APPLICATION FOR TAXI LICENCE: MORAG BROWN 1113

SUBMITTED: Report dated 7 October 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Taxi Licence by Morag Brown. It was noted that Mrs Brown had omitted to make timeous application for renewal of her Taxi Licence prior to its expiry on 31 August 1998.

DECIDED: That the application be granted.

1114 APPLICATION FOR TAXI LICENCE: MALCOLM BONAR 1114

SUBMITTED: Report dated 29 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Taxi Licence by Malcolm Bonar. The report advised that Mr Bonar had omitted to make timeous application for renewal of his Taxi Licence prior to its expiry on 31 August 1998. The Panel heard Mr Bonar in support of his application.

DECIDED: That the application be granted.

1115 CONSULTATION BY SCOTTISH OFFICE: MANDATORY LICENSING OF HOUSES 1115

IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

SUBMITTED: Joint report by the Director of Central Services and the Chief Environmental Services Officer dated 18 September 1998 advising that a Government consultation paper had been received seeking the Council's views on Government proposals to make it mandatory for Local Authorities to license houses in multiple occupation in Scotland.

DECIDED: That the Scottish Office be advised that licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation should be at the Local Authority's discretion but, subject to this qualification, the remaining responses outlined in the report be submitted to the Scottish Office.

1116 RESOLUTION: EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS 1116

On the motion of the Convener it was agreed unanimously that, in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted items of business on the grounds that consideration of the items involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

1117 APPLICATION FOR STREET TRADER'S LICENCE: GEORGE FULTON 1117

SUBMITTED: Report dated 23 September 1998 by the Director of Central Services on an application for a Street Trader's Licence by George Fulton to allow him to operate an ice-cream van owned by Murro Brothers following an objection by the Chief Constable that the applicant was not a fit and proper person to hold such a licence by virtue of his previous convictions.