Put your dancing shoes away there will be no dancing at Infiniti 80, successor to Villa Marcello. The owners’ application for a cabaret license was rejected by the members of Community Board 10 at their meeting last week in South Ozone Park.

The city Department of Consumer Affairs rules state that any room, place or space in the city in which patron dancing is permitted in connection with the restaurant business or a business that sells food and/or beverages to the public requires a cabaret license

Dan Austin, an architect representing the business and its co-owner Selena Archambault, made a presentation before the board outlining the work Archambault and her sister had done and the money they had spent to get the business, which is located at 96-25/27 Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park, in shape.

“I have the utmost faith in these young ladies and I think that they can pull it off,” said Austin, adding that the two co-owners took an old building and made it new again to be used again as it was in the past.

He said the business would be basically a mom-and-pop type community establishment with coming-out parties, communions, etc.

Board chairwoman Betty Braton told the members that the board had received three letters in support of the business from community residents.

She noted, however, that the Ozone Park Civic Association had submitted a letter in opposition to the application.

The group stated in the letter that at their monthly meeting members discussed Infiniti 80’s application for a cabaret license and decided that it should not be approved for several reasons. The group argued that the neighborhood where the club is located is a residential area that is home to families with children, that there are six schools in close proximity to the business, and that there are no parking facilities.

The civic association added that the area is already congested with local traffic, and if the license is approved it will only bring more congestion to the community. The association concluded that a cabaret license would not set a good impression for children.

Board member Peter Granickas questioned why Infiniti 80 would need a cabaret license, since the license would not be required for family parties with a DJ and dancing. Austin said the new owner is applying for the cabaret license because the previous owner, Villa Marcello, had a cabaret license.

Granickas noted that the board had bad experiences in the past when they approved cabaret licenses. Braton commented that even though Villa Marcello had a cabaret license they were not operating as a cabaret, but rather operated as a catering hall.

“There was no need for a cabaret license,” she said.

Although the board voted unanimously to turn down the application of Infiniti 80, LLC, for a cabaret license, Braton advised Austin and Archambault they could still operate their business as a catering hall and at a future date apply again for a cabaret license.