Columbus, Georgia

58 - 31st AVENUE

Ms. Titanya Turner, Re:

The business located at 58 ? 31st Avenue. (5 minutes)





This location is zoned C-2 per the Certificate of Occupancy from Inspection and

Codes.







07/27/88 General business license issued for ?Games, Establishment.? The

applicant?s name

was Tommy Dixon and the business name was Eight Ball, Inn.

Business license

renewed for the same business activity and business name for

the year 1989. The

business license for this establishment was not renewed for

any year after 1989 and a

final return was not filed to close the account; therefore,

the business license account

for this establishment was administratively closed by the

Occupation Tax Section on

08/29/89.





08/25/89 General business license issued for ?Games, Establishment and

Vending

Machine?. Applicant?s name was Starlin Thomas and the

business name was Eight

Ball Inn. The business came under new ownership from Tommy

Dixon to Starlin

Thomas. Business license renewed for same business activity

and business name for

the year 1990. The business license for this establishment

was not renewed for any

year after 1990 and a final return was not filed to close the

account; therefore, the

business license account for this establishment was

administratively closed by the

Occupation Tax Section on 05/28/92.





03/05/92 General business license issued for ?Games, Establishment?.

Applicant?s name was

Bobby Lee Gary, business name was Arrow Light Inn. The

business license for this

establishment was not renewed for any year after 1992 and a

final return was not filed

to close the account; therefore, the business license account

for this establishment was

administratively closed by the Occupation Tax Section on

06/04/93.





09/12/00 General business license issued for a non-profit organization for

?Voluntary

Heath/Social Services? and ?Child Day Care Services?.

Applicant?s name was

Beverly A. Baldwin and business name was The Brighter Day

Outreach Center, Inc.

The business license for this establishment was renewed for the

years 2001 and 2002

for the same business activity and same business name; except

for the year 2002,

?Child Day Care Services? business activity was not renewed.

At the present time,

this account has not been renewed for the current year.



05/30/03 Auditor Howell Cone, conducted a site inspection to see if a

business was currently

operating at location in question. The building is vacant

and there is a ?For Lease?

sign posted from Flournoy and Calhoun, Inc. Realtors.



Tax Supervisor, Yvonne Ivey contacted the realty office via

telephone and talked to

realtor Tom Calhoun who stated that the building had been

leased to Anthony

Hatchett for Puff?s Game Room. He stated that it was a 12

month lease and the

effective lease date is 06/01/03. Due to the repairs that

are needed on the building,

Mr. Calhoun stated that the rent was discounted.



06/02/03 Mr. Anthony Hatchett and Ms. Giowarnia Hatchett came to the

Occupation Tax

Section to apply for a business license. They were given a

Certificate of Occupancy

application and a Request/Renewal Form For A Business

License. Tax Supervisor

Yvonne Ivey explained to Mr. & Mrs. Hatchett that due to the

recent inquiries of

concerned citizens in the neighborhood of the proposed

location where they wish to

operate a game room, their applications will have to be

forwarded to other

departments within the Columbus Consolidated Government for

review before

processing a business license. Mr. & Mrs. Hatchett had their

lease agreement from the

realtors who listed the location in question as 58 31st

Street. Ms. Ivey called and

talked to Kevin Simms, a plans examiner in Inspection and

Codes who stated that the

correct address for the location in question was 58 31st

Avenue. In addition, auditor

Howell Cone confirmed the address to be 58 31st Avenue based

on the site inspection

that was conducted on May 30, 2003. Advised Mr. & Mrs.

Hatchett that they should

consult with the realtor to establish the correct address so

there would not be any

confusion relating to the location of the business

establishment. Mr. & Mrs. Hatchett

left to consult with realtor about correct address for

location and retained the

applications for the Certificate of Occupancy and

Request/Renewal Form For

Business License.