Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ADOPTING AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AND INTRODUCING A REGULAR ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 12 (INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIAL EVENTS) TO ARTICLE III (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIAL EVENTS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item is on the agenda at the request of Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes and transmits an urgency ordinance and an identical non-urgency ordinance for City Council approval to prohibit interference with City-sponsored special events.
The City holds numerous City-sponsored events every year for the benefit of the City's residents and the public welfare, such as City-budgeted events that the City hosts and makes available for free to members of the public to celebrate various holidays, promote community togetherness and tolerance, or provide entertainment or recreational services to the City's residents. The City also issues permits for use of City facilities such as the Carson Event Center and rooms at City parks for various events, functions or gatherings held by members of the public, and in some case the City waives or subsidizes the facility use fees for such events, such as where the entity holding the event is a nonprofit community organization. Additionally, the City issues permits for Temporary Events, as defined in Chapter 11 of Article III of the Carson Municipal Code (CMC), to the extent required by that Chapter.
The City does not currently have any regulations in effect specifically addressing what constitutes prohibited interference with such special events. Adoption of the proposed ordinances by the City Council would enact such regulations pursuant to the City's police power for the purpose of protecting public health, safety and welfare.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. ADOPT, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the City Council, Ordinance No. 24...
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