New Britian Restuarants are being Attacked by the Fee Committee

The ordinance proposed by Alderman Larry Hermanowski requiring video cameras, metal detectors and guards in all night clubs would apply all establishments that hold café' permits that serve alcohol. In addition night clubs would also be required to expose all partners within the organization with a "fee" of $1500.00 for a license and application to the city. A club also is required to hire guards, one for every 50 guests, and to post at least two more guards in the parking lots. The owners will also be required to hire as many off duty police officers that the police administration requires.

Even more disturbing is the fact that the Hermanowski requires that the private guards will required to use hand wand metal detectors on all the patrons.

Hermanowski also wants to require working cameras at all entrances and exits and to include more cameras in the parking lots.

He also wants to impose the checking of all patrons for the legal age (something already required by the state Liquor Control Act) and a $250 fine per day penalty for each violation will be assessed against the owners.  This is a $250 fine assessed by the city and is above and beyond the fines already assessed by the state Department of Consumer Protection for these same violations.

This in essence will force the existing establishments to leave the city which will soon become a ghost city with all the adverse proposals being introduced by this administration such as the infamous $l50 fee per apartment against the landlords together with the adverse hotspot regulation.

Someone must tell Alderman Hermanowski that these establishments pay the state of Conn. a $5,000 fee for their license application.


Wednesday night The common council's sub-committee on Finance and law approved in sending the proposed ordinance to the council but added a requirement of a $20,000 surety bond by promoters.

Are the Aldermen looking for all the liquor license restaurants to leave town because of all the added fees they are imposing on them similar to rental and hotspot licensing fees the Landlords being subjected to?

New Britain will soon become a Ghost Town If the administration gets its way.  It makes you wonder what anti-business ordinance the council will dream of next.

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