Agenda Item Wording:
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Special Events Ordinance - Second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2023-12 amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 Special Events.
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Deadline for Action: 12/18/2023
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager (59)713-4187, tracy.robertshaw@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, (559)713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2023-12 amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 Special Events per the attached Ordinance No. 2023-12.
Summary:
On December 45, 2023, the City Council held a public hearing to introduce Ordinance No. 2023-12, a request to amend Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 Special Events. During the public hearing, the City Council received a staff report, staff presentation on changes made to the Special Events ordinance based on direction and public comment. After the item was presented and public comments received, the City Council voted 4-0, Councilmember Soto absent, to introduce and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-12.
Background Discussion:
During the August 21, 2023, City Council meeting, staff presented a work session item to City Council to review current processes and ordinance requirements related to Special Events (Chapter 12.48 of the Municipal Code).
As a result of the work session, staff addressed several areas of the Special Events ordinance that were identified as requiring revisions to address current procedural requirements to align with how the application were being processed by City staff. In addition to clarifying some of the language in the ordinance, a Downtown Annual Community Events Section was added establishing and defining long-standing downtown events enabling applicants to utilize a streamline Good Neighbor Policy. The revisions to Section 12.48 were presented ...
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