795-26 Las Palmeras, Inc. t-a La Dolce Vita Bar Restaurante - Denial.pdf

1 795-26 June 24, 2026 TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CONTROL BOARD RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of West Orange (“Township”) serves as the Township of West Orange Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC Board”); and WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Las Palmeras, Inc. t/a La Dolce Vita Bar Restaurante (“Licensee”), 364 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ, for the renewal of its Plenary Retail Consumption License, bearing License #0722-33-045-005, for the License Period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and WHEREAS, the Licensee’s application for renewal complies with the New Jersey State Laws regulating the sale, consumption, and distribution of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, the Licensee, in or about early June 2016, resolved with the State of New Jersey at least ten (10) charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, alleging that the Licensee had committed various and serious offenses during 2014, and seeking suspension of the license for 209 days, the resolution of which included payment of $8,600 in lieu of a 72 day suspension, with 45 days held in abeyance for a period of 2 years, and the mitigating factor that the Township had imposed Special Conditions on this Licensee, including, but not limited to, the requirement to install and maintain a video security system, and the Township learning of such disposition shortly after the Licensee’s License had been renewed for the 2016-2017 License term; and WHEREAS, the Special Conditions existing on the Licensee for that License Term were as follows” 1. The Licensee shall hire one off-duty WOPD Officer or private security guard at prevailing rates to provide for exterior security at the Licensed Premises on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 9:30 p.m., to 1:30 a.m.; 2. The Licensee shall hire a licensed security company to provide security for the interior of the Licensed Premises on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 9:30 p.m., to 1:30 a.m.; 3. The Licensee shall install and maintain a video surveillance system to cover the interior of the Licensed Premises, including the bar area, the front and back entrances and exits and the front sidewalk area on Valley Road, which surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order and

he Licensed Premises, including the bar area, the front and back entrances and exits and the front sidewalk area on Valley Road, which surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order and operating during all hours when the Licensed Premises is open for business, and recordings shall be kept and made available to the West Orange Police Department upon request for at least thirty (30) days following the date of recording, and the Licensee shall cooperate with the West Orange Police Department in the implementation and maintenance of this video surveillance system; and that