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Commission defers entertainment-permit decision for iCrave restaurant at Hodges Ferry Road after neighbor objections
Summary
The planning commission deferred action on a use-permit request for live entertainment at iCrave restaurant (1805 Hodges Ferry Road) to its June meeting after residents raised parking, noise and safety concerns and the applicants said they will revise their application and meet with neighbors.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission on May 6 deferred consideration of a use permit request for live entertainment at iCrave restaurant, 1805 Hodges Ferry Road, to the June 3 meeting after extensive public comment about parking, noise, safety and unclear application materials.
Patrice Branch, planner, summarized the application as a request to add live entertainment as part of an existing restaurant in the General Mixed Use (GMU) zoning district. The applicant proposes live entertainment on select evenings; the restaurant’s current operating hours were presented as 11 a.m.–8 p.m., and the applicant proposed entertainment hours that would extend…
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