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VILLAGE ZOO, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS

No. 84-760.

462 So.2d 839 (1985)

VILLAGE ZOO, INC., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION, DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Doumar of Allsworth, Doumar, Cazel & Curtis, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Louisa E. Hargrett, Staff Atty., Dept. of Business Regulation, Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Although we agree with appellant that the penalty imposed upon it by the appellee seems severe, we are nevertheless compelled to affirm because of the legislature's broad grant of discretionary authority to the agency as to the appropriate penalty to be imposed. Florida Real Estate Commission v. Webb, 367 So.2d 201 (Fla. 1978) and Lash v. State of Florida, Dept. of Business Regulation,

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