NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, on Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of con-sidering the applications for liquor licenses set forth below and any protests to the granting of said applications.
Persons who wish to testify for or against the granting of a license may either testify in person at the Liquor Commission meeting or submit a written protest to the Administrator of the Commission three (3) working days prior to the date and time of the hearing.
You are further notified that Section 281-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: \u201DUpon the day of hearing, or any adjournment thereof, the liquor commission shall consider the application and any protests and objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest, and shall within fifteen days thereafter give its decision granting or refusing the application; provided that if a majority of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked or a majority of the owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against the granting of the license upon the original application, or if there appears any other disqualification under this chapter, the application shall be refused. Otherwise, the commission may in its discretion grant or refuse the same.\u201D
You are further notified that Section 281-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: \u201DThe Liquor Commission or agency of each county may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on-site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the Liquor Commission of each county; provided that the Liquor Commission or agency of each county shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license.\u201D
1. Application No.: 1429
Applicant: Uniclubs Incorporated
Trade name: The Varsity
Place of business: 1019 University Avenue, #1A, Honolulu, Hawaii
(ground floor of Thomas Square Hale Anue Building, Puck\u2019s Alley)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1 – A standard bar)
– (Consumption on premises)
2. Application No.: 1439
Applicant: VAJ Restaurant, Inc.
Trade name: VAJ Restaurant, Inc.
Place of business: 2058 Kuhio Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii (ground floor
of Ohana Maile Sky Court Hotel; mauka/kokohead corner of the
intersection of Kuhio Avenue and Olohana Street)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 2) –
(Consumption on premises)
Category No. 2 – A premises in which live entertainment or recorded
music is provided. Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be
permitted as provided by Commission rules.
3. Application No.: 1444
Applicant: Windward Grill, Inc.
Trade name: Windward Grill, Inc.
Place of business: 26 Hoolai Street, Kailua, Hawaii (makai side of
Hoolai Street, approximately 200 feet kaneohe of Puniu Street)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 2) –
(Consumption on premises)
Category No. 2 – A premises in which live entertainment or recorded
music is provided. Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be
permitted as provided by Commission rules.
4. Application No.: 1457
Applicant: Kin Chan Sushi, Inc.
Trade name: Kin Chan Sushi
Place of business: For a change of location from 500 Ala Moana
Boulevard [Suite 5-C], Honolulu, Hawaii to 500 Ala Moana Boulevard,
Suite 5-F, Honolulu, Hawaii (Waterfront Plaza), to exercise the following
liquor license: Restaurant Beer and Wine (Category No. 2 – A premises
in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided. Facilities for
dancing by the patrons may be permitted as provided by
Commission rules.) – (Consumption on premises)
5. Application No.: 1470
Applicant: JJL Enterprises, Inc.
Trade name: JJL Enterprises, Inc.
Place of business: 920 Sheridan Street, Honolulu, Hawaii (mauka/ewa
corner of the intersection of Sheridan and Liona Streets)
License applied for: Restaurant General (Category No. 1 A standard bar)
(Consumption on premises)
6. Application No.: 1477
Applicant: Tamura Enterprises, Inc.
Trade name: Tamuras Fine Wine & Liquors
Place of business: 25 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Suites 106, 107, and 108,
Kailua, Hawaii (Aikahi Park Shopping Center; kaneohe/makai corner
of the intersection of Kaneohe Bay Drive and Mokapu Road)
License applied for: Retail General – (Package sales)
Dated: October 26, 2007
LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
IRIS R. OKAWA, Acting Chairperson
By ANNA C. HIRAI
for DEWEY H. KIM, JR.
Administrator
(SB05532576 11/1, 11/8/07)
