09/27/1993 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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i 4 w i+ i 9" 141 23M; :." 0 i Board of Selectmen Torn of Mashpee ashee, MA 02649 Ladies and Gentlemen, September 1, 199 As the president of the Stendahl Place Condominiums, an abutter of the Raw Bar at the Bopponesset Marketplace, I would like to present my views on the request of the Raw Bar for a seasonal all alcoholic beverages license As 1 will be out of the country on business for the next several weeks, I will be unable to attend your hearing, and I would like this letter read into the minutes of the 14� 2, meeting. The Raw Bar can only be characterized as a public, nuisance. The, noise coming out of the Raw Bar at night is truly deafening. The patrons of the Raw Bar do not have quiet conversations, as one might expect from a cocktail lom nge . There is continuous shouting, screaming, and raucous laughter, as one group of drinkers tries to shout over the voices of other groups. The Raw Bair advertises its closing schedule, but its scheduled closing is merely the last call for drinks. By thetime those drinks are distributed and finished, it is an hour past the announced closing time, with the noise constantly increasing in volume as more liquor is consumed. When the patrons finally leave. the Raw Bar that is not the end of the evening, either for the patrons or the long- suffering abutters, as the patrons linger outside th-e Raw Bar, in the Popponesset Marketplace, and in the parking lot while they finish their conversations at the top of their voices, one group shouting to another group. When they finally depart, it is with shouts, horn blowing, and squealing tires. e must keep our windows closed even on the hottest nights in order to get a decent night's sleep. In previous years 1 have mad-e complaints both to the Mashpee Police Department and to the New Seabury Corporation, to no avail.. I urge the Board of Selectmen to spend an entire Saturday evening at the Raw Bar to get the full experience of what it # s abutters must contend with.