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Hampton Council Revokes Chance's Restaurant Use Permit After Police Cite Repeated Violence and Security Failures
Summary
Hampton City Council voted unanimously to revoke the use permit for Chance's Restaurant and Lounge following staff and Hampton Police accounts of repeated fights, firearms incidents — including a May homicide and a Sept. 20 mass‑panic shooting — and failures by the permit holder and security to comply with permit and ABC conditions.
Hampton City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to revoke the use permit for Chance's Restaurant and Lounge, citing a pattern of violent incidents and failures to meet permit and Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) requirements.
Deputy Director of Community Development Steven Lynch told the council the restaurant had been approved for a “restaurant 3” use with live entertainment and on‑premises alcohol in March 2024 and opened in October 2024. Lynch reviewed permit conditions the city said were violated, including a requirement for adequate security staffing, reporting of criminal activity to the Hampton Police Division, ABC licensing and compliance, and window transparency.
Officer Zminkowski, consolidated enforcement officer for the Hampton Police Division, presented a chronology of highlighted…
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