Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Discussion
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 21-2118, ADDING CHAPTER 11 (TEMPORARY EVENTS) TO ARTICLE III (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A REGULATORY PERMIT PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY EVENTS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City currently does not have a permit application process for temporary events staged by residents or guests of the City. The proposed ordinance would establish a regulatory permit requirement and related application process for such events to ensure they are conducted in a manner that does not unduly impede, obstruct, impair or interfere with the free use of public streets, sidewalks, or other public property of the City and to ensure that there is a mechanism in place to regulate competing use of public forums.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. INTRODUCE and READ by title only, and waive further reading, Ordinance No. 21-2118, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 11(TEMPORARY EVENTS) TO ARTICLE III (PUBLIC SAFETY) OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A REGULATRORY PERMIT PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY EVENTS."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The adoption of the proposed ordinance would establish criteria for classifying temporary events and standards and conditions for approving and permitting such events.
Temporary Events are defined in the ordinance to refer to any event or activity that is temporary in nature and that (i) involves an organized formation, gathering or assemblage of persons, animals or vehicles, or any combination thereof, on public property for a common purpose (including a parade), or (ii) is inconsistent with either the zone in which the subject property is located, the uses to which the property may legally be put, or the occupancy levels permitted thereon. "Temporary events" shall also ...
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