Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
Nightsafe, Pubwatch, Radio Link
The premises are operated in accordance with the standards as outlined by the ‘Nightsafe’ Initiative and indicated in the associated leaflet.
The premises shall be operated in participation with the ‘Pubwatch’ and ‘Radiolink’ schemes.
Door Supervisors
An appropriate number of licensed door supervisors will be on duty whenever the premises are open for the purpose of a licensable activity or when patrons are upon the premises. The minimum number of door supervisors will be in accordance with the criteria as stipulated by the ‘Nightsafe’ initiative.
The premises shall fund the employment by the Local Authority of one member of the door supervisor team for a period of one hour after licensable activity has ceased upon the licensed premises.
Management & training
Another member of staff shall be nominated to deputise for the Designated Premises Supervisor, in their absence, whose identity is known by all other staff when such absence occurs.
Risk assessments carried out by or on behalf of the Licence holder, which relate to a licensing objective will be available for inspection by an Officer or ‘Authorised Person’.
Drinks Pricing Policy
The premises shall be operated in accordance with a drinks pricing policy, which complies with any Local Authority resolution made in accordance with approval from the Licensees Forum or any successor liaison body recognised by the Licensing Authority.
Sale of beverages
Only toughened glass vessels are used to dispense beverages to customers.
CCTV
The premises are equipped with a closed circuit television system, which is appropriate to its purpose and will be maintained to the satisfaction of enforcement Authorities.
The Local Authority CCTV control room will be notified:
a) On any occasion when the premises CCTV or radio system is inoperative.
b) When the CCTV or radio system has been brought back into use.
The Police Licensing Unit shall be notified on any occasion when the CCTV or radio system is to be inoperative for a period in excess of one working day and shall provide a certificate from a competent person stating the reason for the system being inoperative and the measures which have been taken to satisfy the licence conditions.
Radiolink equipment is in use it will be ‘live’ and be monitored by the Head Doorman or another responsible person while the licensed premises are open for business.
Signage
A sufficient number of signs at each bar or alcohol sales point shall be maintained informing customers that sales will not be made to persons under 18 years of age.
Signage shall be erected and maintained (in a form approved by the licensing authority) on or adjacent to all staffed exits advising patrons of the Street Drinking Order and the intention of door staff to enforce a ‘no exit with a bottle’ policy.
The License holder and Designated Premises Supervisor shall permit, facilitate and assist in the display upon the premises of health education and crime prevention campaign materials in a form agreed with the Licensees Forum or any successor liaison body recognised by the Licensing Authority.
Drugs issues
Records of incidents involving the use and/or detection of drugs shall be maintained and those records shall be available for inspection.
Confiscated and found drugs shall be stored, disposed and transferred in accordance with procedures agreed with the Lancashire Constabulary.
A drugs prevention strategy for the venue shall be developed and applied. The strategy shall include arrangements for the location of posters and the distribution of other information relating to drugs risks, the dangers associated with drugs and the legal provisions relating to drug use.
Noise when accessing / exiting premises
Suitable and sufficient conspicuous signage shall be erected and maintained on the exterior of their premises advising patrons that causing any disturbance or disorder in a queue will result in admission being refused.
During the final hour of daily trading appropriate announcements are made or images are projected to remind patrons of the need to leave the premises without causing annoyance, nuisance or disturbance to local residents and to advise patrons of any taxi free-phone or collection arrangements available upon the premises.
A clear, legible and conspicuous notice requesting patrons to avoid causing noise, nuisance or disturbance to local residents shall be displayed at every exit.
Sufficient staff are to be deployed at exits from the premises to ensure the dispersal of patrons from the curtilage and grounds of the licensed premise immediately after the end of each period of licensable activity and remind departing patrons to avoid causing nuisance or disturbance.
Staff arriving before 09.00 hours or departing late at night when the business has ceased trading conduct themselves in such a manner to avoid disturbance to nearby residents.
Litter / bottle disposal
The Premise Licence holder will arrange for litter dropped in the vicinity of the licensed premise to be collected and removed at the Licence holder’s expense at a frequency of not more than sixty-minute intervals during opening hours.
For the purposes of conditions above ’the collection and removal of litter’ should be taken to include the washing away to the gutter of spilled food and similar materials so as to leave the footway in a clean, safe and wholesome condition.
Noise from within the premises
The volume of amplified sound used in connection with entertainment shall at all times be under the control of the licensee or management and the controlling mechanism shall be operated from a part of the premises inaccessible to the public.
The use of explosives, pyrotechnics and fireworks of a similar nature, shall be restricted in accordance with requirements specified by the Local Authority.
Miscellaneous
The Licensee shall ensure that cooking, noxious or persistent smells generated at the premises do not cause nuisance to nearby properties, and that the premises shall be adequately ventilated to the satisfaction of the Environmental Services.
Flashing or bright lights on or outside licensed premises shall be positioned or screened in such a manner so as not to cause inconvenience to nearby properties.
Public Safety
The maximum number of persons allowed into the premises shall not exceed the capacity determined by the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service which is agreed at 600.
To facilitate and assist in the display upon the premises of health education and crime prevention campaign materials in a form agreed with the Licensees Forum or any successor liaison body recognised by the Licensing Authority.
Frequent collection of glasses and bottles will be undertaken to ensure that empty containers do not accumulate in or around the licensed premises.
Free cold drinking water is available on request and shall have adequate supplies of chilled soft drinks and bottled water available for sale at the bar(s).
Protection of Children
Access to the premises:
Unaccompanied children under the age of 16 will not be allowed upon the premises.
Accompanied children under the age of 16 years will only be allowed to remain on the premises between the hours of 08.00 hrs and 21.00 hrs.
No person under 18 years of age shall be employed upon the licensed premises during such entertainment of an adult nature in accordance with the Licensing Authority Policy.
Adult entertainment
Any advertisement for entertainment of an adult or sexual nature will clearly and conspicuously display the words ‘Under 18’s are not admitted’.
Where the entertainment is adult in nature, no under 18s will be permitted and the guidelines produced by the Blackpool Licensees Forum will be followed.
Staff
All door staff and sales staff to receive training in relation to the proof of age scheme to be applied upon the premises. The training records will be available to an authorised officer upon request.
Miscellaneous
Any proposed International or Major Sporting Event where 24 hour or extended opening is required for customers will be subject to written notice of such (Including details of hours sought) to the Licensing Authority and Police and will be subject to their approval.