The Mint Bar has been granted a renewal of its liquor licence for three years, despite objections from a neighbouring family in Brownston St.
Liquor licence applicant A. C. B. Holdings Ltd, which operates the Mint Bar and its accompanying Base Backpackers business, applied for its first on-licence renewal, after a probationary year-long term.
Three objections were made to the application by members of a family who own a holiday home diagonally opposite the premises and who wanted the bar's operating hours reduced.
The objections related to noise levels generated from the premises, alleged patron intoxication and associated disorder, a New Zealand Liquor Licensing Authority decision said.
There was no evidence the objectors had lodged a noise complaint against the premises and there was no "substantiated" evidence of patron disorder or intoxication causing a nuisance in the neighbourhood, the authority found.
Neither the police, nor the medical officer of health, nor the district licensing authority opposed the renewal.
