Local councillor Sam Merulla wants to shut down a troubled east-end hotel that was the site of a police chase and firearm investigation over the weekend.
Sam Merulla says he will be “aggressively pursuing” a show-cause hearing that would bring the City Motor Hotel’s owners before city council or the Hamilton licensing tribunal to “basically terminate their business licence.”
The Queenston Road hotel is currently up for sale and has long faced allegations of drug use, drug trafficking and prostitution occurring on its premises, he said Sunday.
“I think, at this point, it’s a blight on our community. It’s really the missing link to all the revitalization that we’re experiencing in the east end,” Merulla said, adding the altercation at the hotel Saturday would speed up his plans to crack down on the business.
“The shooting that occurred over the weekend is the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
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