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The ownership of the Holiday Inn Omaha Downtown Waterpark hotel is appealing the closure of its pool.The appeal will have a public hearing on Wednesday at the legislative chambers at the civic center in downtown Omaha. It’s at the Douglas County Board of Health meeting at 8:30 a.m.Anant Hotels owner Kirt Trivedi opted to close the pool two weeks ago, he said, less than an hour after an interview with KETV. Before then, the hotel’s waterpark had been operating illegally for months, the Douglas County Health Department said. Despite eventually opting to close the pool, Trivedi and a hotel staff member told KETV they believed the Douglas County Health Department erred in finding code violations in December.Trivedi was criminally cited for the code violations and is set to be in court in late April, according to an Omaha police citation.Douglas County Health Department Environmental Health Division Chief Eric Bradley told KETV the franchise has accumulated “several hundred misdemeanors.””I cannot bankrupt the business because of a clerical error,” Trivedi told KETV two weeks ago. “This is why I’ve been calling them (the health department) to sit down and show me what’s going on and look at our stuff.”Bradley said, “I’ve been doing this for 29 years across four different states. And this is the first time I’ve ever had to go to these lengths to try to get compliance. Most of the pools, even our restaurants, they voluntarily close until they get the issue fixed.”Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The ownership of the Holiday Inn Omaha Downtown Waterpark hotel is appealing the closure of its pool.
The appeal will have a public hearing on Wednesday at the legislative chambers at the civic center in downtown Omaha. It’s at the Douglas County Board of Health meeting at 8:30 a.m.
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Anant Hotels owner Kirt Trivedi opted to close the pool two weeks ago, he said, less than an hour after an interview with KETV. Before then, the hotel’s waterpark had been operating illegally for months, the Douglas County Health Department said.
Despite eventually opting to close the pool, Trivedi and a hotel staff member told KETV they believed the Douglas County Health Department erred in finding code violations in December.
Trivedi was criminally cited for the code violations and is set to be in court in late April, according to an Omaha police citation.
Douglas County Health Department Environmental Health Division Chief Eric Bradley told KETV the franchise has accumulated “several hundred misdemeanors.”
“I cannot bankrupt the business because of a clerical error,” Trivedi told KETV two weeks ago. “This is why I’ve been calling them (the health department) to sit down and show me what’s going on and look at our stuff.”
Bradley said, “I’ve been doing this for 29 years across four different states. And this is the first time I’ve ever had to go to these lengths to try to get compliance. Most of the pools, even our restaurants, they voluntarily close until they get the issue fixed.”
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
