ARCO AGREES TO WITHDRAW GAS STATION'S LIQUOR PERMIT.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer PANORAMA CITY - Community efforts to limit alcohol sales in one of the Valley's most crime-plagued areas paid off on Wednesday, as a major oil company promised to cancel its liquor license Noun 1. liquor license - a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages liquor licence license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something at one of two gas stations near The Plant shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . Don Schultz For the Marketing expert, see . Don Schultz is a former president and a former vice-president of the United States Chess Federation. He was born in New York in 1937 and currently lives in Florida. He was elected vice-president on August 14 2005. , president of the Van Nuys Homeowners Association, called it ``an outright victory for the community.'' ``We were tenacious about it,'' said Schultz, who served on a community task force in 1997 that advised on the impact of The Plant's redevelopment. ``The city and residents are working to bring down crime, and alcohol sales don't help.'' The two Arco stations, both with convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. , are located less than two blocks from each other on Van Nuys Boulevard in front of The Plant, formerly the General Motors plant. In 1997, when plans to develop the former plant included a new Arco station, the company promised city officials and local residents that liquor sales would be limited to one of the two sites. However, Arco has since been bought by British Petroleum, and when the new site opened this year, the deal was forgotten - sparking cries of protest from the community. BP's solution - to purchase the older site from the franchise owner and cancel the liquor license there - was finalized last week, said company spokesman Paul Langland. ``We apologize that it took so long to get this done,'' Langland said, adding that the company has not yet decided what it plans to do with the older site. Within 10 blocks of the two gas stations there are more than a dozen other alcohol retailers, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the state Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control. In response to pressure by Shultz and community activist Xavier Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the from the group Pueblo y Salud, Deputy Mayor Rocky Delgadillo and state Sen. Richard Alarcon, councilman for the area in 1997, contacted BP to keep Arco's promise. ``The idea from the beginning was to rejuvenate re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. the Van Nuys area without exacerbating the liquor sales problem,'' said Delgadillo. ``BP stepped up to the plate and helped resolve the issue.'' |
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