The Beverly Hills Planning Commission sided with the owner of the 76 Gas Station on Olympic Boulevard at a June 23 meeting, allowing the gas station and convenience store to operate 24 hours a day without any new conditions. The commission also granted a request from the Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy to postpone hearings on its expansion project to an undetermined date in the future. Finally, the commission said goodbye to both its Chair and Vice Chair, Andy Licht and Thomas Hudnut.
The 76 Gas Station near the intersection of Beverly Drive and Olympic Boulevard has likely received more attention from the city than the other two gas stations located within Beverly Hills. The station, owned by Morris Pouldar, is the only business in Beverly Hills exempt from the city’s prohibition on selling tobacco products (though that exemption ends in five months).
