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The Zoning Adjustments Board voted unanimously Thursday to declare Dwight Way Liquors a public nuisance and to order its closure. 

The decision pleased the 30-plus area residents who attended the meeting. 

The resolution adopted by the board cited a long litany of complaints from neighbors and police against the shop at 2440 Sacramento St., including—between August 2004 and September of this year—32 violations of the store’s liquor license and 34 calls for police service at the site. 

Complaints from neighbors included discoveries of empty fortified wine bottles, needles and other drug paraphernalia in their yards, noise, public urination, liquor sales to minors, indecent exposure, drug sales and other problematic behavior by the store’s customers. 

Addulazziz Saleh Saleh, the current liquor license holder, didn’t appear to protest the decision, which was passed unanimously by the board. 

The decision held that the store “is operated in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance and orders the operation thereof to cease.” 

The decision can be appealed to the City Council. 

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