797-26 Angelitos LLC t-a El Palacio de Pollo.pdf

797-26 August 4, 2026 TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY WEST ORANGE ABC BOARD RESOLUTION WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Angelitos, LLC t/a El Palacio DePollo, located at 540 Valley Road, West Orange, New Jersey, for renewal of its Plenary Retail Consumption License # 0722-33-039-008, for the 2026-2027 License Term, which License was obtained by Angelinos, LLC, on May 29, 2012, through a person to person transfer of said License from Duran & Vera, L.L.C., t/a El Rancho, which Licensee had a history of violations and incidents resulting in Special Conditions being attached to its License since the 2005 - 2006 License Term; and WHEREAS, the West Orange Police Department, due to the extensive enforcement history, repeated quality of life complaints from the neighborhood, and need for extensive police intervention, recommended that the Special Conditions attached to the prior Licensee, Duran & Vera, be carried over to the new Licensee, Angelitos, at least until experience with the operations of the new Licensee makes clear that those Special Conditions, or some of them, can be relaxed without putting the neighborhood at risk and overburdening the Police Department; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was conducted on May 29, 2012 and no one appeared in opposition to the person-to-person transfer, and Raymond Armour, Esq. Attorney for the transferee, was present and consented to the Special Conditions attached to the previous Licensee being transferred to the new Licensee; and WHEREAS, on May 29, 2012, the West Orange ABC Board approved the person to person transfer of Plenary Retail Consumption License #0722-33-039-008, to Angelitos, LLC t/a El Palacio DePollo, with the same Special Conditions attached to its License as had been attached to the previous Licensee and with the understanding and agreement that the same Special Conditions would be continued for the 2012 – 2013 and succeeding License Terms unless and until relaxed or eliminated at a subsequent renewal hearing after providing an opportunity for the Licensee to be heard; and WHEREAS, by letter dated and sent via regular and certified mail to the Licensee on May 11, 2026, the Licensee was notified of the Township ABC Board’s intention to continue the same Special Conditions upon renewal for the 2026-2027 License Term and offering a formal hearing in the event there was objection to

was notified of the Township ABC Board’s intention to continue the same Special Conditions upon renewal for the 2026-2027 License Term and offering a formal hearing in the event there was objection to same by the Licensee; and WHEREAS, the underlying reasons for the Special Conditions previously imposed on this License have not changed and the Licensee has offered no objection to their continuation, nor any request for their relaxation, and therefore by its inaction has consented to continuation of the same Special Conditions upon renewal; and WHEREAS, this License was not renewed last year due to the owner of the License having passed away and the Estate's Executor having failed to take the needed steps for renewal,