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File #: 24-0448    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/11/2024 In control: Visalia City Council
On agenda: 11/4/2024 Final action:
Title: Ordinance Adoption - A Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 2024-11, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 "Special Events" by adding a definition for Street Frontage.
Attachments: 1. Street Frontage Definition, 2. Ordinance Special Events PH 2024.docx, 3. Public Comment - Lancaster
Agenda Item Wording:
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Ordinance Adoption - A Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 2024-11, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 "Special Events" by adding a definition for Street Frontage.
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Deadline for Action: 11/4/2024

Submitting Department: Community Development

Contact Name and Phone Number:
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, (559) 713-4187, tracy.robertshaw@visalia.city
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city

Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the Visalia City Council hold a public hearing, receive a presentation and staff report, and introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-11 amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 Special Events, adding a definition for "Street Frontage."

Summary:
On August 21, 2023, a work session item was held with the City Council to conduct a review of current processes and ordinance requirements related to Special Events (Chapter 12.48 of the Municipal Code). During the presentation, several areas of the Special Events ordinance were identified that required revisions to address current procedural requirements to align with how these applications were being processed by City staff. After receiving direction from City Council on potential ordinance changes, on December 4, 2023, the City Council held a public hearing and first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-12, amending Section 12.48 Special Events to reflect the changes as discussed during the work session.

Should Council choose to support this Ordinance change, all Special Event permits that could be subject to the change will be held until the Ordinance is fully implemented which is generally 30 days after final adoption.

Background Discussion:
As noted above, Visalia Municipal Code Section 12.48 "Special Events" was amended December 2023 with ordinance becoming effective January 17, 2024.The amendment inc...

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