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Council approves entertainment and outdoor dining licenses for downtown restaurant; conditions restrict hours and noise
Summary
Peabody City Council granted an entertainment license (live and non-live) and an outdoor dining license to a new downtown restaurant, approving conditions on hours, noise, amplified music and annual renewals; both votes were 9-0.
The Peabody City Council on April 10 approved entertainment and outdoor dining licenses for a new restaurant at 2 Central Street, authorizing background music, limited live performances inside the building and a seasonal outdoor dining deck with conditions to limit noise and impacts on nearby residents.
Attorney John Kelty appeared for the applicants and said the business—identified in filings as Show You Holdings LLC, doing business as Shoyu (filing materials use both “Show You” and “Shoyu”)—is renovating the former bank at 2 Central Street and expects to open late in the year. The applicants, Vicky Yu and Michael Mee, operate other restaurants and told the council they planned occasional live entertainment (primarily karaoke) and background non-live music.
For the entertainment license the council approved limits that include: non-live entertainment permitted 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday–Saturday (and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday or as otherwise allowed by a Sunday license); live entertainment restricted to up to four performers and up to two amplifiers with hours 6 p.m.–11 p.m. Monday–Wednesday, 6 p.m.–12 a.m. Thursday–Saturday, and 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday. The council conditioned all live entertainment to occur inside the building with doors and windows closed; a muted television is allowed in the outdoor dining area during permitted outdoor-dining hours. Owners agreed to “ongoing reasonable efforts” to prevent disruptive noise.
For the outdoor dining license, the council approved a seasonal deck that the applicant said will replace a former drive-through canopy. The application lists 96 outdoor seats. Conditions include seasonal hours (May 1–Sept. 30; hours vary by day as noted in the ordinance condition), muted TVs only outdoors, no live entertainment on the deck, lighting designed to avoid illuminating abutting properties, integration of outdoor dining into the business’s pest-management plan, and plan review by the health department before construction. The license must be renewed annually under zoning section 5.4.0.6.
Councilor McGinn moved both approvals; each motion passed on roll-call votes recorded as 9–0. In the roll calls, Councilors Peach, Gould, Gamache, Higgins, Welton, McGinn, Rosignol, Melville and President Julie Daigle voted yes.
Councilors asked the applicants to be diligent about noise control because 40 nearby residential units were identified by staff as close to 2 Central Street. Attorney Kelty said the applicants planned most live entertainment as karaoke on Thursday–Saturday and would keep live amplified music limited to the interior.
