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Staff presents draft zoning amendments to regulate entertainment venues and event spaces; commissioners give feedback on hours and enforcement
Summary
Planning staff proposed ordinance amendments on June 3 to impose specific standards and enforcement tools for entertainment establishments and event spaces, including a default midnight cutoff for live entertainment unless modified by permit.
Planning staff presented draft amendments on June 3 to the Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance to add use‑specific standards for entertainment establishments and event spaces and to provide the zoning administrator with revocation authority for certificates of zoning compliance.
Planner Patrice Branch and Zoning Administrator Trayvon Boone said the amendments respond to neighborhood complaints about noise, large crowds, parking and, in some instances, violent incidents at properties where restaurants or event spaces added entertainment. Staff…
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