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Council renews multiple liquor and lodging licenses; approves new lodging license for Acadia Village Resort
Summary
Ellsworth council renewed several city and state liquor and lodging licenses and approved a new city lodging license for Acadia Village Resort after a brief public hearing; council also asked staff about undisclosed nonlicensed lodging activity elsewhere.
The Ellsworth City Council held a combined public hearing on multiple license renewals and approved the renewals and a new lodging license for Acadia Village Resort.
The renewals considered together included class C victual liquor renewals for several downtown restaurants, auditorium and theater licenses for the Hancock County Auditorium Association (The Grand), state restaurant and malt/liquor renewals for a State Street restaurant, and a lodging-house renewal for Colonial 1 LLC at 321 High Street. Council opened and closed the public hearing without members of the public speaking for those renewals and then approved the items.
A separate public hearing considered Acadia Village Resort (50 Resort Way), which applied for a new city lodging license because management told the council the property will operate as 65 short-term lodging units (hotel-style) rather than condominiums; General Manager Paul Salin told the council they needed a city license that booking platforms could display. The council approved the new lodging license unanimously.
Nut graf: The council bundled routine renewals for efficiency and separately approved a new lodging license after management explained the change in operations; members asked staff to check for other unlicensed lodging operations in the city.
Details: For the bundled renewals the council said staff had reviewed and recommended approval. For Acadia Village Resort, the council discussed that some lodging operations have previously been operating without a city license and asked staff to verify whether other hotel-like operations are under the city’s licensing radar. The motion to approve the Acadia Village Resort license was seconded and approved on a unanimous voice vote recorded by the chair.
