Mr Manhire said the benches “could be thrown or moved, thereby causing a danger to pedestrians or vehicles”.
He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the Waterfront Fish Bar’s benches were located in the “flow of drunks” down Regent Street.
The hearing had been called so the restaurant could apply to remove a condition of its licence, which required its tables to be packed away at night, as the new tables were too large to be put away in the fish restaurant.
But instead of a quick formal process to change its licence, the councillors on the licensing subcommittee agreed with the police and ordered Waterfront Fish Bar to remove the tables in the near future.
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