Prevention of Crime and Disorder
1. Warning notices shall also be placed at the entrance door indicating conditions of entry including regular identification checks, random searches and the use of metal detectors.
2. The Licensees shall carry on working with the local authority and support any seasonal and other advertising campaigns.
3. The number of persons admitted to the premises on any one occasion shall not exceed a safe occupancy. This is in agreement with the responsible authorities notably Devon Fire and Rescue and the Health and Safety team.
4. Persons leaving the premises shall be reminded to conduct themselves in an orderly manner and not cause annoyance to other members of the public or nearby residents.
5. A CCTV System must cover both inside and outside the premises in positions agreed with the Council and Police. All cameras are recorded to a high standard and kept for a minimum of 14 days and shall be made available to the police on demand.
6. All the door staff must be Security Industry Authority licensed.
7. Each accredited door steward when on duty must wear distinctive dress, are all over the age of 18 and are trained to vet customers and keep public order.
8. A Night Net Radio must also be held at the Head Door Steward at the entrance and all instances of crime and disorder shall be reported to the police.
9. There must be a zero tolerance with drugs and have a drugs policy in force on the premises, with the objective of securing, as far as reasonably practical, the safety of others attending the premises.
10. A secure drug deposit bag approved by Devon & Cornwall Police shall be located on the premises for the safe storage of any drugs found or seized.
11. There must be provision of toughened safety glasses and plastic bottles. All glasses are stamped in accordance with Weights and Measures Legislation. No drinks, whether in glasses or bottles must be removed from the premises.
12. All the staff must be fully trained and at least one competent manager shall be on the premises whilst open to the public. All bar staff will be suitably trained to prevent the sale of alcohol to under 18's.
13. Adequate glass and bottle collection shall be undertaken throughout the premises.
14. Premises must join and maintain membership of the Torquay Night Time Economy Forum attending at least 2 meetings in each calendar year.
15. There must be no entry or re-entry after 2am.
16. A CCTV system of an evidential standard must be installed to the satisfaction of the police, and the system to be in operation at all times the premises are open to the public. All recordings from that system must be kept for a period of 14 days and the police to have access to recordings at any reasonable time.
17. Every door steward and member of management must carry effective two way radios with earpieces. This equipment is kept in good working order and is used at all times when the premises are open to the public.
18. At all times after 23.00 when the premises are open for licensable activities, an SIA registered door supervisor shall be employed at the entrance to the area to ensure compliance with the preceding restriction and to ensure that no unauthorized entrance to the premises takes place via the area.
19. Consumption of alcohol on the ground floor terrace shall be by persons seated, no alcohol shall be served in glass bottles within those areas from which it is intended or likely that a person shall drink.
The Promotion of Public Safety
1. The fire safety measures with which the premises are provided shall be maintained in good working order, and their adequacy shall be determined on a regular basis, by the carrying out of a fire risk assessment as required by and in accordance with the Fire Precautions Regulations.
2. The premises shall undertake to maintain a safe occupancy level.
3. A log book shall be kept upon the premises in which shall be entered particulars of inspections made: those required to be made by Statute, and information compiled to comply with any public safety condition attached to the premises licence that required the recording of such information. The log book shall be kept available and produced for inspection when required by persons authorised by the Licensing Act 2003 or associated legislation.
4. Adequate access must be provided for emergency vehicles.
5. Where crowd management measures are needed all reasonable steps shall be taken to ensure that such persons do not obstruct exits, yards, passageways, stairways and ramps and that portable barriers shall be provided to prevent crushing and keep queues in an orderly fashion.
6. Suitable and clearly identifiable areas for dancing must be set aside, and separate from the dance area suitable means of providing cool air/ventilation and adequate seating must be provided.
7. All fire exits, gangways, escapes, extinguishers, fire points etc shall remain free of obstruction and will be tested and assessed on a regular basis. All exits are fitted with fixed automatic catches. Weekly fire alarm tests and fire certification as required by Fire Authority shall be carried out.
8. A Fire Risk Assessment shall be carried out monthly and Risk Assessments shall be carried out regularly.
9. Regular testing and certification of appliances and systems shall be carried out, including PAT and Electrical Testing.
10. All parts of the premises must be adequately illuminated from two independent sources and in the event of general lighting failure emergency lighting shall be immediately fully illuminated and the public shall be required to leave the premises forthwith.
11. In the event of evacuation caused by failure of general lighting, the public shall not be readmitted until the general lighting is fully restored.
12. Suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation must be provided, clearly marked and in good order at all times.
13. The implementation of correct disposal of waste must be carried out on the premises at all times.
14. There must be provision of sufficient number of people on site to secure the safety of the premises at all times.
15. There must be use of toughened glasses and plastic bottles which reduces the risk of harm to the public.
16. Air management system within the premises shall be used during entertainment.
17. No explosive or highly inflammable material shall be brought into the premises.
18. No pyrotechnics shall be used on the premises.
19. Smoke machines shall be in a fixed position, protected against interference and manned by a competent operator at all times when in use. Non-toxic, non-flammable smoke shall be used and will be limited to areas where the public are admitted and not obscure exit signs.
20. Lasers must not be used on the premises without prior consultation with the Licensing Authority and compliance with HS(G) 95.
21. Staff shall be trained in first aid
22. The ratio of stewards to customers on the premises shall be no less than 1:100.
Prevention of Public Nuisance
1. Noise or vibration shall not emanate from the premises such as to cause persons in the neighbourhood to be unreasonably disturbed.
2. The volume of amplified sound used in connection with the entertainment provided shall at all times be under the control of the Licensee/Management and the controlling mechanism shall be operated from a part of the Premises not accessible to the public.
3. Two noise limitation devices shall be installed to control both areas which have amplification equipment fitted. These devices shall be regularly maintained.
4. There shall be no use of explosives, pyrotechnics and fireworks of a similar nature which could cause disturbance in surrounding areas.
5. The placing of refuse such as bottles into skips outside the premises shall take place at times that will prevent disturbance to nearby properties and the movement of bins and rubbish outside the premises shall be kept to a minimum after 11pm.
6. Quieter/Mellower music shall be played towards the end of the evening to encourage calmness and an announcement shall be made prior to closing requesting patrons to leave the premises as quietly and quickly as possible.
8. Patrons shall be asked not to stand around talking in the street outside the premises and asked to leave the vicinity quickly and quietly.
9. Door staff must be positioned at exits at closing times to ensure noise from patrons leaving is minimized.
10. Taxi operators shall be nominated for staff and customer use. The companies telephone numbers shall be advertised to customers.
11. The licensee shall ensure that staff leaving the premises after a late night shift will conduct themselves in a manner as not to disturb nearby residents.
12. Deliveries of kegs, bottles, food and other materials shall be carried out between the hours of 09.30am - 05.30pm weekdays.
The Protection of Children from Harm
1. No persons under the age of 18 shall be employed in connection with the sale of and supply of alcohol.
2. All bar staff shall be suitably trained to prevent the sale of alcohol to under 18's.
3. Persons under the age of 18 shall be required to vacate the bar by 21.00 hrs unless they are eating in which case they shall be required to vacate the bar by 21.30hrs, or unless they are attending an under 18 event.
4. Persons under the age of 18 shall not be allowed into the Nightclub on the first floor at anytime unless attending an under 18 event.
5. Suitable food and non-alcoholic beverages shall be available at all times children are allowed on the premises.
Under 18 events may take place to which the following conditions shall apply:
1. These events shall finish no later than 23.00 hours, after which there will be 30 minute period before reopening to over 18's.
2. The police shall be notified in writing or email at least 14 days prior to the event.
3. SIA door stewards must be employed throughout the event, which shall include at least one female steward. All stewards shall have undergone a criminal records bureau check.
4. All alcohol shall be locked and or obscured from view.
5. All gaming machines with prizes and cigarette machines shall be unplugged and locked.
6. All promotional material relating to alcohol shall be removed.
7. Any person refusing to be searched shall be refused entry.
8. Metal detectors shall be used random on entry .
9. The event shall be promoted to ages 14 years and above.
10. Foreign student events shall be restricted to foreign students only.
11. Throughout under 18 events, The DPS or personal licence holder must be present.