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Commission OKs entertainment permit for Hodges Ferry restaurant after neighbors raise parking, noise and safety concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of a use permit allowing live entertainment at iCrave restaurant (1805 Hodges Ferry Road) with conditions addressing hours, parking enforcement and security; neighbors expressed concern about prior incidents and potential parking spillover into adjacent residential streets.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission on June 3 recommended approval of a use permit allowing live entertainment at an existing restaurant at 1805 Hodges Ferry Road, approving the application by ARS Enterprises LLC with conditions intended to limit off‑site impacts.
Planner Patrice Branch described the application as a request to add live entertainment to an operating indoor and takeout restaurant. Branch said the building official determined the maximum occupant load for the building as configured is 125 and staff had worked with the applicant on revised narratives, reduced hours for live entertainment…
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