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Planning commission approves entertainment use permit for Bar 9 at Victory Boulevard with security and noise conditions
Summary
The commission voted 6-0 to approve a use permit (UP‑25‑03) allowing live entertainment at Bar 9 (4806 George Washington Highway) with conditions on hours, capacity, a security plan and noise compliance.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission on April 1 approved a use permit (UP‑25‑03) for Bar 9 to operate as a restaurant with live entertainment at 4806 George Washington Highway in the Williams Court shopping center.
Patrice Branch, a city planner, described the application as a request to operate live entertainment — including DJs, bands, poetry and comedy — inside an existing restaurant unit of roughly 3,220 square feet with a stated occupant capacity of about 44. Branch said the owner proposed entertainment after 6 p.m., intends to contract private security and has been in contact with the Portsmouth Police Department to request officer monitoring of…
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