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City officials plan to check this week whether a northside business linked to a New Year’s Day shooting is operating legally.

Two people were injured in an incident police said was associated with, but not directly connected to, the Eclipse Lounge and hookah bar near 111th Avenue and 93rd Street.

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Residents have complained about comings and goings around the lounge for months.

Peter Ohm, acting manager of the city’s current planning branch, said Tuesday the owners applied to change the site to a restaurant from a retail space last fall, but the move was refused because there isn’t enough parking and surrounding property owners objected.

While it has had a general retail business licence since around the end of November, inspectors haven’t yet visited to ensure that’s how the location is actually being used, Ohm said.

“Our intention is to go out there in the next couple of days. I just want to make sure our staff co-ordinate with the EPS … If they’re ready to allow us to enter the site, then that’s what we will do.”

The results of the inspection will be given to the city’s chief business licensing officer, who can revoke licences or outline ways to bring the facility into compliance if there are violations, Ohm said.

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