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Portsmouth council adopts resolution to revoke Bar 9’s conditional use permit after council finds conditions unmet; owner and counsel oppose action
Summary
Portsmouth City Council moved to revoke the conditional use permit (UP2503) for Bar 9 at 2012 Victory Boulevard after staff told council most permit conditions remain unmet; the owner, Renata Brown, and her attorney said the business was not connected to the violent incident that prompted the review and asked for deferral instead.
Portsmouth City Council on Dec. 17 considered and adopted a resolution to revoke conditional use permit UP2503 for an entertainment establishment commonly known as Bar 9 at 2012 Victory Boulevard, after city staff told the council that a majority of the permit’s conditions remain unmet.
Renata Brown, the applicant and owner, told the council she opposes revocation and said Bar 9 "didn't have anything to do with the incident that occurred on that day" and that the business cooperated with the ABC board and detectives. Her attorney, Tim Anderson, told the council the fatal shooting that led to the review occurred in a parking lot and involved a 19-year-old he said "had nothing to do with Bar 9," arguing that documentary and technical filing issues do not warrant shutting the business down.
City staff, represented in…
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