54 Danforth Street entertainment license

Asked the council to deny the combined indoor/outdoor license, citing two years of open-door violations at O'Maine Studios, and urged Experience Maine to start with an indoor-only license to build trust.

The O'Maine Studios owner said there was really only one complainant, decibel limits were never breached, and he pivoted to media because the venue lacked air conditioning and rent kept rising.

The new operator said the open back door was never part of her plan, she sought the combined license to cover incidental door openings, and committed to paid on-site staff and hourly decibel logging at every amplified event.

A resident of 25 High Street for nine years said noise has never bothered him and vouched for the operator's professionalism and record of enforcing event rules.

Said doors have repeatedly been left open with loud music, that transitional-housing neighbors complain but fear coming forward, and asked for an indoor-only permit.