The city liquor board voted yesterday to suspend the liquor license of Rootie Kazootie's, a Charles Village restaurant and pub, for 10 days as a result of police citations issued to minors for drinking violations.

Liquor commissioners, however, opted last night not to act on a community petition, which listed complaints that the pub -- in the 2700 block of N. Charles St. -- was creating a nuisance in the neighborhood. The board said the allegations were not specific enough.

In addition to the mandatory 10-day suspension, the owners of Rootie Kazootie's -- Vincent A. Arosemena and his son, Vincent Arosemena -- were given a choice of a 30-day liquor-license suspension or a $3,000 fine for the violations.

They were given a choice of a $500 fine or a five-day suspension on a count of buying alcohol illegally.

The pub's license was ordered suspended for 10 days beginning Nov. 15.

The board heard last night from Baltimore police Officer Keith McGee of the Northern District, who said he answered a call for disorderly conduct May 4 and cited a minor and a bartender for alcohol violations.

In another incident, a Loyola College student, Kerry J. Begley, told the board that a friend brought her a drink and admitted that she was 18 at the time, under the legal age of 21.

Leonard R. Skolnik, the board chairman, noted that he had asked the Arosemenas this year to meet with the community to discuss neighborhood nuisance concerns. John Spurrier, a Charles Village community leader, said the pub owners never showed up for a scheduled meeting with the neighbors.

The younger Arosemena told the board the pub is up for sale.

"When are you going to move?" Skolnik asked.

Spurrier said, "The bar draws college students from outside the neighborhood who dramatically impact the quality of living in the neighborhood."

The liquor board also ordered the owners to produce a certified breakdown of food and liquor sales to ascertain if they meet the required ratio of at least 40 percent in food receipts.