The Belmont Shore Residents Association is fighting an effort to grant a liquor license for the Chronic Tacos.
The push for the license was on Tuesday night's Long Beach City Council agenda, but rescheduled to Aug. 5, after a number of residents raised concerns.
They formally opposed the request for an original Alcoholic Beverage Control license at 3870 Ocean Blvd.
According to association president Mike Ruehle, ABC only allows five licenses in Chronic Tacos' Census Tract.
"However, it is already oversaturated with 10 on-sale licenses," he added in an email message to association members Wednesday. "Chronic Tacos' license would be 11."
Ruehle asserted that adjacent Belmont Shore Census Tracts are "extremely oversaturated" with 47 liquor licenses.
The association president also said there are 23 residences within 100 feet of Chronic Tacos -- a stand with no enclosed seating.
"All seating is in an open air, covered patio," he noted. "Their conditions allow them to be open until midnight. Thus the noise impact on neighboring residents of drinking patrons would be serious."
Heavy traffic -- and potential patron-related problems -- would tax police resources, Ruehle argued in his association message.
"The community does not need more drinking drivers," he said. "Long Beach police are already overburdened and short staffed ... (Chronic Tacos) drinking patrons will add to their burden and those of the taxpayers.
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