Agenda Date: 10/08/2025
Subject:
Title
Determine if probable cause exists to set a show cause hearing for Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery LLC. d/b/a Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery, 6881 & 6885 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, Colorado
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Prepared By: |
Wendy Shea-Tamag, Deputy City Clerk |
ISSUE:
Whether there is probable cause to believe that Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery LLC. d/b/a Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery, 6881 & 6885 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, Colorado, violated the Colorado liquor code and should be scheduled for a public hearing to show cause, if any, why its license should not be suspended or revoked.
INTRODUCTION/HISTORY AND FACTS:
This matter comes to the Commission as a possible violation of the Colorado liquor code by the licensee based on the following incident(s):
1) July 19, 2025, at approximately 8:41 p.m. (Littleton PD report 202502651 is attached)
The possible violations of the Colorado liquor code include:
C.R.S. § 44-3-901 - Unlawful Acts - Exceptions - definitions
(1) Except as provided in section 18-13-122, it is unlawful for any person: (a) To sell, serve, give away, dispose of, exchange, or deliver, or permit the sale, serving, giving, or procuring of, any alcohol beverage to a visibly intoxicated person or to a known habitual drunkard;
PROBABLE CAUSE LICENSING AUTHORITY GUIDELINES
Section III.C. of the Licensing Commission Guidelines states that the Commission must consider the probable cause evidence presented and, based on the totality of the circumstances, the Commission must find that there is reasonable belief that a violation has occurred based upon reliable information.
Probable cause does not require sufficient evidence to show that a violation occurred. That is the purpose of the show cause hearing. In the probable cause hearing the Commission can consider such things as:
(1) Direct observations and information of the police officers, either directly or by means of
report; and
(2) Information provided by witnesses and contradictory, incriminating, or evasive information of
the licensee and/or its employees; and
(3) Whether the citation for a criminal charge was made and the evidence in support of such charge.
It is not necessary for the charging officers to directly testify to the evidence. It is sufficient if such information is provided to the Commission in the form of memo or report(s) from the Police Department.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Commission find that probable cause exists sufficient to set the matter for a show cause hearing with the above referenced incident. The show cause hearing should be set for December 10, 2025, to allow for a preliminary hearing to be held on November 12, 2025, in accordance with the Licensing Commission Guidelines.
SUGGESTED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to find that there is probable cause to believe that Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery LLC. d/b/a Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery, 6881 & 6885 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, Colorado, on July 19, 2025, did violate the Colorado Liquor Code and, based on said findings, that a public hearing be set for December 10, 2025, for the purpose of considering the status of said license, wherein the above-mentioned licensee may be present to show cause, if any, why its license should not be suspended or revoked, and further that notice of these findings and the hearing to show cause shall be forwarded and served to Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery LLC. d/b/a Angelo’s Taverna & Carboy Winery, 6881 & 6885 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, Colorado, in accordance with the provisions of state law, and that a preliminary hearing, if necessary, be set for the 12th day of November, 2025 for the purpose of considering a possible stipulation, if any, between the licensee and the City of Littleton.