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Select Board renews Bow Management Group permits amid neighborhood noise concerns
Summary
The Select Board approved Bow Management Group’s special amusement (Class E) and renewed its liquor license, and members instructed staff to ensure permit conditions reference the town noise ordinance and enforcement procedures after an abutter described repeated late-night noise.
The Sebago Select Board voted to approve a Class E special amusement permit for Bow Management Group LLC (operator identified in the packet) and separately renewed the business’s liquor license after a lengthy public comment about persistent neighborhood noise.
An abutter told the board that bands and amplified music have sometimes continued past the town’s cutoff and that tenants have repeatedly called police. The speaker asked the board to add “teeth” to the permit by explicitly conditioning it on adherence to the town noise ordinance and by clarifying enforcement steps if violations continue.
Board members reviewed the ordinance language and noted there is an existing provision allowing the board to suspend or revoke a special amusement permit for ordinance violations or for materially false statements on the permit application; the ordinance includes fines up to $1,000 for violations. Select Board members said enforcement of the noise ordinance rests with the sheriff’s office and that a signed written complaint from a resident carries weight when the board considers enforcement or suspension.
The board approved the entertainment permit, with members instructing staff to ensure the permit documents and the business are explicitly informed of the 10:00 p.m. noise cutoff and the suspension/revocation procedures that apply if complaints persist. The liquor license was renewed in a separate vote; members noted the state issues liquor licenses and that the town’s enforcement authority applies to local permit conditions rather than the state liquor license itself.
Board members asked staff to supply the permit holder with a copy of the ordinance, to track any future complaints in writing, and to report back if violations continue.
