BAR OWNERS AGREE TO CLOSE BUSINESS CALLED 'MAGNET FOR PROBLEMS'.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - The owners of a bar that, in 2001, was the scene of a shooting and fatal stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. have agreed to close the business, settling a city lawsuit that sought to shutter (1) An opaque window that is moved in one direction to let light in and in another to close off the light. In fixed-lens cameras, one shutter often suffices for aperture and speed. the bar as a public nuisance public nuisance n. a nuisance which affects numerous members of the public or the public at large, as distinguished from a nuisance which only does harm to a neighbor or a few private individuals. . The city obtained a permanent injunction permanent injunction n. a final order of a court that a person or entity refrain from certain activities permanently or take certain actions (usually to correct a nuisance) until completed. preventing JB's Bar from reopening Reopening Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue. at its location at 35th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard, city attorneys said. ``As you know, that particular location seemed to be a magnet for problems for the community and people who lived in that neighborhood,'' said William Litvak, an attorney for the city. ``One of the important elements is that they can't come back, and the problem can't come back to that location. We have a court order they've agreed to.'' The city filed a lawsuit last year to force the closure of the bar, asking the court to declare the business a public nuisance and to prohibit the bar from operating without city permits. The City Council last year denied a conditional use permit for the bar. A patron was fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. stabbed outside the bar, also known as JV's, in April 2001. In February 2001, another patron was shot accidentally by a friend during a fight in the parking lot. In August 1995, a shooting left one man dead and another badly wounded behind the bar. Sheriff's deputies have reported that the bar has been the location of assaults, burglaries and other crimes, most of which are attributed to drinking, city attorneys said. Attorneys for the bar owner did not return calls for comment. The attorney previously said the bar was not a nuisance and said there were other Palmdale bars with more crime problems that were granted a conditional use permit. The settlement was reached during a mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, hearing and filed with the court in July. The bar shut down Aug. 31, Litvak said. The defendant also has to pay some of the city's legal fees as part of the agreement, the amount of which was not available. The city passed a law in 1994 requiring bars to obtain a conditional use permit. JB's Bar was given five years to come into compliance but did not do so, officials said. In July 2001, bar owner Stella Magallanes applied for a conditional use permit. In September 2001, the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle denied the request for the permit. A week later, Magallanes filed an appeal of the denial, which was upheld by the City Council in April 2002, the lawsuit said. The parcel on which JB's is located was annexed into the city in the early 1990s and, at that time, was required to obtain a conditional use permit, Magallanes' attorney said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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