Photo by jim_malone.

We finally got our hands on a copy of the unanimous resolution made by Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C last night, opposing Big Bear Cafe’s application for a liquor license. The resolution is damning, stating not only the body’s opposition to the Cafe’s license application, but also that the popular coffeeshop has “been in operation illegally since 2007” due to zoning violations. The body claims that the Cafe “held events…which included alcoholic beverage service without a full or temporary ABC issued liquor license” as one of the myriad reasons that they voted against supporting the application. The ANC also placed restrictions on any voluntary agreement that might be fostered between owner Stu Davenport and the community: mandated closing hours of 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends, extra soundproofing, and a seven-day written notice to all “immediately impacted residents” for any event planned at the Cafe.

The resolution also goes below the belt, stating that Big Bear is “dirty” and has “not been a good corporate community citizen.” Virtual reaction to the decision has been overwhelmingly negative; hardly surprising, considering that, by all accounts, support for the Cafe’s license far outnumbered the amount of opposition to it.

The entirety of the resolution, after the jump.