Third Division
March 28, 2001
No. 1- 99- 4117
| RICHARD M. DALEY, Mayor of the City of Chicago and Local Liquor Control | ) ) | Appeal from theCircuit Court of Cook County. | |||||||||
| Commissioner, and WINSTON L. MARDIS, | ) | ||||||||||
| Director, Local Liquor Control | ) | ||||||||||
| Commission of the City of Chicago, | ) | No. 99 CH 7918 | |||||||||
| Plaintiffs-Appellees, | ) | ||||||||||
| ) | The Honorable | ||||||||||
| v. | ) | Ronald C. Riley, | |||||||||
| ) | Judge Presiding. | ||||||||||
| EL FLANBOYAN CORPORATION., d/b/a El Rio | ) | ||||||||||
| PLATENSE, | ) | ||||||||||
| Defendant-Appellant | ) | ||||||||||
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| ) | |||||||||||
| (License Appeal Commission of the City | ) | ||||||||||
| of Chicago, Anthony Calabrese, Chairman | ) | ||||||||||
| of the License Appeal Commission of the | ) | ||||||||||
| City of Chicago; Irving Coppel and | ) | ||||||||||
| Leonard L. Branson, Members of the | ) | ||||||||||
| License Appeal Commission of the City | ) | ||||||||||
| of Chicago, | ) | ||||||||||
| Defendants). | ) | ||||||||||
PRESIDING JUSTICE HALL delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action for judicial review of an administrative decision revoking theliquor license issued to defendant-appellant El Flanboyan Corporation, d/b/a El RioPlatense Lounge (Defendant), for the premises located at 1400 N. Hamlin Avenue inChicago, (the premises). On September 2, 1998, the mayor of the City of Chicago (theCity), acting through the Local Liquor Control Commission (LLCC), revoked the liquorlicense, after finding that Defendant, through its agent, Mr. Jose Oyola, knowinglypossessed a controlled substance, 0.6 grams of cocaine, while on the licensed premises inviolation of section 402 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. (720 ILCS 570/402(West 1998)), and section 4-60-141(a) of the Chicago Municipal Code (ChicagoMunicipal Code