East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-02-25
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814 East 152nd St.
Cleveland 10
Liquor Permit Pressure
Arouses Citizens Officials

I tHeSe StipuldtiOHs IL ueiHB
challenged for the first time.
Hayden ave, Pizza shop pro-
prietor, Mrs. Teresa Nitelli
has brought action in Common
Pleas Court to force the city
to grant her conditional
use permit for the sale OF
beer and wine. Mrs. Nitelli
has had a D2 permit since
March of 1858. 1t costs 500
and must be renewed yearly.
The City's refusal TO grant
her a conditional use permit
has made it worthless.
Mr.. Carran believes that the
City's zoning restrictions will
be upheld by the court.
Also under fire by the city
and residents is the application
of Al Cert, Inc. for a night
club permit and Of George I'll
baldi for a beer and wine per-
nit.
Alexander Alexander of Par
ma and Mrs. Gertrude Nicola Of
Cleveland Heights have filed
for Al Cert, Inc. The location
they want to occupy is the old
site of the Continental bar
across Euclid ave, from the
LuXenburg Motel. Although
the proposed outlet is within
500 feet Of the East Cleveland
Congregational church the East
Cleveland Baptist church and
the local YW-YMCA, the orig
inal permit for that location
was granted to Al Luxenburg
prior to the setting up of the
City zoning ordinance.
After LuAenburg opened
his motel he transferred his
permit (oyer the objections
of church Officials). to the
motel and discontinued busi-
ness at the Continental. Al
the time of the transfer the
city felt that it would be
more desirable to have the
liquor outlet for the motel.
Church authorities were fret
ting that to leave the former
bar vacant might attract ad-
ditional liquor business.
Although he objects to liquor
as a business because it prof
its on a mans weakness" Rev.
Towner's main objection TO the
granting of the present appli-
cation is its proximity to the
church where young people
come and 60 regularly for
services.
Tibaldi S application Tor
beer and wine permit for Dino .
restaurant, which is within 500
feet of st. Pauls Episcopal
church, was to be heard by Il
quor department officials in
Columbus, yesterday. The hear
ing was too near our deadline
to get the results in today's
LEADER.
Local objections to granting
beer and wine permits for Piz-
"a restaurants have been based
on the fact that many young
people patronize them.
Court records show that only
four cases were brought
against local barkeepers dur
ing the past year. Of these
three involved minors. One bar
keeper was charged with let
ting a minor handle liquor (the
proprietor's under age son
made the salel and two others
were charged with sale to
minors.
Chief H. ). Weaver said
that the tayerns now in OPP
Grafton cause them NO
trouble. HIS believes that 4
great deal of the credit for
this record must be due TO the
frequent inspections which
the police department is able
to make and the saloon-keep-
ers desire To cooperate with
the city. However" Chief
Weaver points out, more
liquor outlets would reduce
the number of inspections We
would be able to give each
place. Besides we already
have enough places"
In areas where there is an
overload of bars, the law often
times falls by the wayside. The
barkeepers in those regions do
not get the volume Of business,
keep later hours. sell on Sun
days and use various gimmicks
to make up for what they'd
lose if they followed the letter
of the law.
When the situation reaches
such proportions, the citizens
take the only defense left to
them, local option. Any two
contiguous precincts can call
for a special election and vote
their area dry in degrees (can-
eel beer and wine pemits, or
liquor by the glass or any
combination) real club.
There appears to be no need
for such drastic step in East
Cleveland and as long as the
situation remains under con-