Panel Places Security Conditions on 7-Eleven : Planning: The Lake View Terrace store is called a nuisance and is ordered to hire a 24-hour guard.

A Los Angeles City Council panel on Tuesday agreed that a 7-Eleven market in Lake View Terrace is a nuisance and must, among other conditions, hire a 24-hour security guard to keep its city liquor sales permit.

On a 2-0 vote, the council’s Planning and Land-Use Management Committee endorsed tough restrictions on the market at 11348 Sunburst St., and rejected an appeal for leniency by Southland Corp., which owns 7-Eleven Food Stores.

The order may be appealed to the City Council, but Southland officials said no decision had been made on whether to appeal.

The store has been a breeding ground for crime, drunken loitering and noise-making by teen-agers and homeless people, city officials and nearby residents said. Although Los Angeles Police Capt. Tim McBride testified that the store’s operations have dramatically improved in recent months, he backed the tough conditions.

Councilman Hal Bernson, committee chairman, warned Southland that it has six months to clean up the store or face the possible loss of its permit to sell liquor. “You must be on your best behavior,” Bernson told Joe Gomes, a Southland regional manager and the firm’s attorneys and lobbyists.

Also supporting the restrictions was Councilman Ernani Bernardi, who represents the area.

The restrictions imposed were a blow to Southland, which has taken numerous steps in recent months to clean up its store. “We want to be perceived as a good corporate neighbor,” Gomes said. A city report said the case marked the first time that Los Angeles officials have threatened to revoke the liquor permit of a 7-Eleven store.

All 18 of the restrictions approved by the panel had previously been recommended by the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals. Five of the conditions, however, were challenged by Southland at Tuesday’s hearing.

Danny Kang, speaking for his parents, Howard and Helen Kang, the holders of the Sunburst Street franchise, charged that the conditions would make the store unprofitable.

The most onerous limits require a 24-hour security guard and prohibit the sale of liquor after 11 p.m.

Southland and its franchisees said they wanted to stick with their current regimen of posting a guard on the site Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.