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r 29 • dancing, ho�vever, he had advised him to wait until after the Council took definite action on Lhe dance permits. It vaas the opinion of t?ie City Attorney that at Forzsters Hall there vras a separate enclosure. ' There is a. separate room r�ith serin�;in6 doors in which the beer is sold. These doors ivere kept opened but there is a plate �51ass in them which can be seen through.. It wa.s his opinion that this room conatitutee an enclosure but he�had advised t�r. Solari that he believed the doors should be kent closed. '. A special officer aueationed anyone vaho wanted to be served beer. It was hia opinion that Foresters Ha11 coraplied with the ordin2,nce better than any ola.ce in the city. Mr: Solari was in the audience and informed the Council tha.t no one left the room where beer is sold tieith a bottle. - The matter o�' dance permits were ne�.discussed. Councilman Britsch�i asked ?aRr. � Solari if the same proceclure was-followed•on Wednesday ni�hts as was followed on 5aturda,y nights. Mr. Solari .replied tYia.t•it ��as; that the Foresters had the Ueer concession and.that rdies Schlichtmann operated the dance. Council- man Britsch�i moved the permit be granted Yvonne Schlichtmann for dances to be conducted Wednesdays, 20 and 27. The motion w�s seconded by Council- man,DdcNulty. Under tne queetion, Councilman Armstrong voiced the, oninion that his �opposition to the dance permit vJas not based sole�,y on a. viola.tion of the , ordinance, but . he wa.s opposed to grantin�; this permit on the �roiulds that its past reCOrd shotivs that the sale of beer in the same buildin� t.rhere dancin6 is permitted led to trouble-and that the mere closing of a door �ould not solye the problem: He said tnat all any bar in Redwood City had to do to comply ��ith the ordinance was to build a room which ��ould�constitute a senara.te enclosure and that he was una.lterably opposed to dancinF in the same buildin� vahere liquor is sold. Councilman Britsch�i. �sked if the permit, is granted at • this meeting v�.rould be in compliance rvith the ordinance. Cit,y l�ttorney ft4cC�rth�� replied tha.t it would be; ho�vever, it miQht be specified vrhether the door leadin� to the bar should be oPen or closed. Councilman Armstron�t asked the City Attor- ney if it vrer manda.tory that this per�it be granted to which P,ir. T�icCa,rthy replied that it was not. Councilman Ar�strong then er.pressed the-oninion that the framers ' of the ordinance had the thought in mind to Qllow the Counr_il to reserve its ,jucl�ment to pass permits individually. �ie again stated he vras onposed to �ra.ntin� the permit in view of the pa.st police record. Councilman PdcNulty s�.id he �greed with CounciTman Armstrorig as far as a bar room is concerned bu that the Foresters ', only sol-d beer. P,4ayor Hilton asked if it 1+,�as the opSnion of the Council to revise the present'ord'Ynance in reg�,rd to this pxoblem. Councilman Anderson eaid_ that his motion at the l�st meeting t�o cancel all dance nermits as of June 30 was for the purpose of getting a definite definition of �?hat constitutes a senarate en- closu_^e. He believed that a,nyone who navcomplies with the ordinance is entitled � \