Question juridique clé
Whether the expected use of a hospitality license as financial basis for restoring a protected historic building constitutes a 'need' under the hospitality licensing clause.
Solution extraite
No. A desired restoration of a monument, financed through the future operation of a restaurant, is not the kind of need contemplated by the statutory need clause.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the licensing purpose was economic support for a restoration project, not an actual need for another hospitality establishment. Such an expansive reading would create problematic precedents for many protected buildings, and the case was not a borderline situation justifying judicial intervention.