Plymouth City CouncilLicensing Office

Sams Bar

92 North Hill, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8EX

Completed application 030622 which is a Variation Application for Premises Licence from 13/12/2011 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• entertainment facilities for making music
• entertainment facilities for dancing
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within entertainment facilities for making music or dancing

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  1. The first condition is that no supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence: -

  (a) At a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or

  (b) At a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.

   

  2. The second condition is that every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

   

     3.(1) The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that staff on  relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

  (2) In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following

  activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children-

  (a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or

  encourage, individuals to-

  (i) drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or

  supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible

  person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or

  (ii) drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);

  (b) provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or

  discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for

  consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);

  (c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or

  reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less;

  (d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a

  sporting event, where that provision is dependent on-

  (i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or

  (ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;

  (e) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner.

   

  4. The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).

   

  5.The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  6.(1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

   

  (2) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be    under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and a holographic mark.

   

  7. The responsible person shall ensure that-

  (a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the

  premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance

  ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the

  following measures-

  (i) beer or cider: ½ pint;

  (ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

  (iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml; and

  (b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

  Door supervision

   

  (1) Where a premises licence includes a condition that at specified times one or more individuals must be at the premises to carry out a security activity, the licence must include a condition that each such individual must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.

   

  (2) But nothing in subsection (1) requires such a condition to be imposed-

  (a) in respect of premises within paragraph 8(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (c.12) (premises with premises licences authorising plays or films), or

  (b) in respect of premises in relation to-

  (i) any occasion mentioned in paragraph 8(3)(b) or (c) of that Schedule (premises being used exclusively by club with club premises certificate, under a temporary event notice authorising plays or films or under a gaming licence), or

  (ii) any occasion within paragraph 8(3)(d) of that Schedule (occasions prescribed by regulations under that Act).

   

  (3) For the purposes of this section-

  (a) "security activity" means an activity to which paragraph 2(1)(a) of that Schedule applies, and

  (b) paragraph 8(5) of that Schedule (interpretation of references to an occasion) applies as it applies in relation to paragraph 8 of that Schedule

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives

   

  General

  1.              Staff training

  2.              Promote drink awareness             

  3.              Registered door staff

   

  The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  1.              Measures to prevent binge drinking

  2.              Staff training in crime prevention

  3.              Regular checks by staff to be made of all public areas and toilets

  4.              Taxi free phone

   

  Public Safety

  1.              Promotion of sensible drinking

  2.              Fire safety procedures in place

   

  The Prevention of Pubic Nuisance

  1.              Limit noise emissions from the premises

  2.              Notice requesting customers to respect neighbours

  3.              Contractor to collect waste and bottles

  4.              No external music

   

  Conditions agreed with the Environmental Health Department

   

  Public Nuisance

  1.              Patrons will not be permitted to drink outdoors

  2.              Patrons will not be permitted to smoke at the front of the premises, and will be asked to move to a designated smoking area (the rear car park)

  3.              Glass bottles not to be emptied into outside bins after 21.00hrs

   

  Conditions agreed with the Police Licensing Authority

   

  Prevention of Crime and Disorder

  1.              Whenever the Designated Premises Supervisor is not at the premises another responsible person will be nominated by the Designated Premise Supervisor as being the person to manage the premises

  2.              CCTV to be installed to comply with the ‘UK Police Requirements for Digital CCTV Systems’

  3.              CCTV to cover all areas to which the Public have access to and the outside areas of the premises

  4.              CCTV cameras to be kept clean and maintained at all times

  5.              CCTV images will be retained for a minimum of 31 days

  6.              The CCTV system will have the capability of downloading the images to a recognised format

  7.              A register will be kept detailing all requests by police for CCTV images.  This will include time and date of request, time, date and location of incident, time and date of hand on to Police

  8.              During trading hours, members of staff present who are trained to view and download images from CCTV at request of Police

  9.              The Police Licensing Department will be informed if the CCTV system is not working

  10.              A daily incident logbook detailing all incidents of note at the premises or in the immediate vicinity e.g. slips, accidents, entry refusals and incidents of disorder etc. The log will detail the date, time, type of incident, brief circumstances, action taken and person dealing.  The logbook will be made available for up to six months to the Police or any other responsible authority for inspection, if required.  All relevant incidents will be reported to the police at the earliest opportunity.

  11.              No open bottles glasses or other vessels will be permitted to be taken from the premises for consumption outside or elsewhere

  12.              Staff will be fully trained to recognise and refuse sale of alcohol to intoxicated persons.

  13.              A Zero tolerance drug policy will be adopted

  14.              There will be no accumulation of empty bottles and glasses within the public areas.

   

  Protection of Children from Harm

  1.              Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 25 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18.  The following are the only forms of identification acceptable:

  (UK photo driving licence)

  (Passport)

  2.              Notices obtained from Police publicising the Challenge 25 initiative shall be clearly displayed at the entrance to the premises and behind the bar area at all times

  3.              Regular and documented training of staff in relation to the prevention of under age sales

  4.              Accompanied children (under 18) will only be allowed on the premises between the hours of 09.00 and 21.00 except until 23.30hrs for private functions

   

   

  There will be no adult entertainment at this premise

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

   

  Conditions attached at the Committee Hearing of 29th September 2009

   

  1.              A telephone number be made available to local residents, upon request

   

   

  Conditions attached at the Committee Hearing of 13th December 2011

   

  1.              A noise limiting device (the specification and design to be agreed with the Environmental Health Service) will be fitted so that all regulated and recorded music is channelled through the device.  The maximum noise levels will be set by agreement with the Environmental Health Service and will be reviewed from tine to time as appropriate.

  2.              The licence holder will ensure that the noise limiting device is sealed after commissioning so that sound operators cannot override the system during the performance of live and recorded music.

  3.              All amplified sound sources from the premises will go through a noise limiting device.

  4.              A senior member of staff (manager) will assess the impact of any noisy activities on neighbouring residential premises at the start of the activity/entertainment and periodically throughout the activity/entertainment.

  5.              Before 23.00hrs

                To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the               premises will not be clearly audible inside the nearest residential property.

   

   

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached