cense applications that appeared
to be cruising toward approval by
the Board of License Commission-
ers (BLC) were derailed at the last
moment when seemingly innocent
clerical errors on the formal docu-
ments revealed the applicants
were not entirely forthcoming a-
bout their prior underage sales vi-
olations on their watch.
and existing businesses on Wed-
nesday, but two requests were
sent back to the drawing board for
clerical errors on the official docu-
ments.
quor license for a new brew pub of
the same name at the site of the
old Melvin's Steakhouse on the
corner of 1st Street and Philadel-
phia Avenue not far from the origi-
nal location.
ard on the Boardwalk was pre-
sented, it was revealed the own-
ers and management had mistak-
enly said they did not have any
prior underage drinking violations
on the record. The original de La-
zy Lizard has had two underage
sales violations dating back about
two years and has since imple-
mented stringent ID checking pro-
cedures resulting in no new viola-
tions, but on the application for the
new Boardwalk location, the own-
ers had mistakenly checked the
"no" box on the underage sale vio-
lation question.
rant owners will have to file an a-
mended application for a later
hearing. Unfortunately, the BLC
hearings are held just once a
month and the deadline for getting
on the June agenda has already
passed.
Coates. "I think the board should
close this application process and
they can reapply in the future. I be-
lieve in this case it was a clerical
error, but in the past, the Board has
closed the application hearing."
for a liquor license transfer for the
Pit and Pub on 28th Street. The
managing partners were hoping to
transfer the pub's liquor license
into their names when a similar er-
ror in the application was uncov-
ered.
was telling the board about his
vast restaurant management ex-
perience in the resort area, he
mentioned that he had been listed
as the resident agent of, ironically,
the original de Lazy Lizard, when
the establishment had incurred
fortunately, the Pit and Pub part-
ners had checked the "no" box on
the application about prior viola-
tions. Again, the Pit and Pub part-
ners will have to return with an
amended application.
you need to understand is that the
most important instrument we get
is this application," said BLC
Chairman William Esham Jr. "We
have to depend on the truth and
honest answers because two-
thirds of the people that come be-
fore us, we don't know."
quor license transfer for the
Shrimp Boat on Route 611 in West
Ocean City and also approved a
liquor license for the new Sandy
Bottoms on the south end of the
Boardwalk at a location most re-
cently known as Davey Jones'
Locker. The site for years housed
a Burger King on the Boardwalk.
walk at 4th Street, and a transfer of
an existing liquor license for Rita's
World of Wine, Beer and Spirits,
which is moving to a new location
in the same Pennington Commons
shopping center near Ocean Pines
where it currently exists. In addi-
tion, the BLC approved a new li-
quor license for the Longboard Ca-
fé, a new establishment on 67th
Street.
dating back to March 16, or St.
Patrick's Day weekend and the
same date as the Ocean City St.
Patrick's Day Parade.
sued a citation when an undercov-
er female OCPD officer, who was
underage, was allowed in the es-
tablishment on its busiest week-
end of the year. Owner Greg
Shockley pointed out the restau-
rant is not yet officially opened for
the season on St. Patrick's Day
weekend and relies on temporary
help and family and friends to sup-
end is to have doormen card indi-
viduals at every entrance and is-
sue Shenanigan's-specific wrist-
bands, but the system broke down
in an least one instance and the
undercover officer was allowed in.
new Ky West bar near 56th Street
on March 16. In that case, the
manager had a doorman carding
individuals and issuing wristbands
during the day when the parade
was going on, but had dismissed
the doorman later in the day when
the undercover officer entered the
establishment.
Street, was also nabbed by the
same undercover OCPD officer on
the hectic St. Patrick's Day week-
end.
the establishment's files, but no
fines or other sanctions.
weekend when their police cruiser
was struck from behind by a com-
mercial box truck on Coastal High-
way at 84th Street.
officers inside was traveling south
on Coastal Highway in stop-and-
go traffic near 84th Street. A com-
mercial vehicle, described as a
truck, failed to stop, causing the
truck to strike the rear of the mark-
ed police vehicle. The collision
caused a chain reaction accident
involving a total of four vehicles.
treated at the scene by Ocean
City EMS and were transported to
Atlantic General Hospital for injur-
ies not believed to be life threaten-
ing. Both officers have since been
released from the hospital but will
not return to duty for several days.
The police vehicle involved sus-
damage and has been taken out
of service.
and could be driven from the
scene. No other injuries were re-
ported as a result of the collision.
33, of Salisbury, has been charg-
ed with failing to control speed to
avoid a collision, negligent driving
and failing to have a valid medical
certificate, which is a commercial
driver code violation.