AGENDA SUMMARY PAGE
Agenda
Item No.:
52.
AGENDA
SUMMARY PAGE
CITY
COUNCIL MEETING OF: SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
DEPARTMENT:
CITY ATTORNEY
DIRECTOR:
BRADFORD
R. JERBIC
Consent
Discussion
SUBJECT:
Hearing,
discussion and possible action seeking disciplinary action against The
Power Company,
Inc.,
d/b/a Crazy Horse Too, 2476 Industrial Road, Las Vegas, Clark County,
Nevada for
violations
of Title 6 of the Las Vegas Municipal Code, based on a First Amended
Complaint for
Disciplinary
Action approved by the Las Vegas City Council July 12, 2006 - Ward 3
(Reese)
Fiscal
Impact
No
Impact
Augmentation
Required
Budget
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PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The
Power Company, Inc. d/b/a Crazy Horse Too holds Tavern License No.
L16-00003-4-
000209.
On June 1, 2006, The Power Company, Inc. pled guilty in federal
court to one count of
Conspiracy
to Participate in an Enterprise Engaged in Racketeering Activity
between January 1,
2000,
and 2005. Frederick Rizzolo and 16 of his employees also entered
guilty pleas to federal
felonies.
The charging documents pled to, as well as the plea memoranda in
support of the guilty
pleas,
describe the actual business activity of Crazy Horse Too as
constituting a public or private
nuisance
in that the business of Crazy Horse Too was conducted in an unlawful,
illegal or
impermissible
manner. On August 1, 2006, The Power Company, Inc. answered the
disciplinary
complaint
and admitted that the government would have sought to prove at trial 35
to 40 beatings
had
occurred at Crazy Horse Too in three years.
RECOMMENDATION:
LVMC
6.02.360 provides that the Council may, in its discretion, impose a
range of sanctions
upon
a licensee found to have committed a disciplinary offense, including,
but not limited to,
revocation,
suspension, or fine.
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