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DATE: September 23, 2002
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: John B. Bahorski, City Manager
FROM: Mac Cummins, Associate Planner /Special Projects Manager
SUBJECT: FIRST• READING OF ORDINANCE NO. — SPECIAL
EVENTS PERMITS
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Introduce First Reading of Ordinance No., An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach
Amending Section 19E of the Code of the City of Seal Beach regarding the Processing of
Special Events Permits.
BACKGROUND:
On August 12, 2002, the City Council considered the Special Event Permit process and
the types of events which are considered special events. The Council's direction that
'evening, was to leave the Policy Statement unchanged, and change the ordinance to do
the following:
1. Reduce the processing time from 60 days to 30 days
2. Revise the approval body from the City Manager to the Director of Development
Services
3. Change the appeal procedure to the C'ty Manager, rather than an appeal
procedure to the City Council
Staff has prepared the ordinance to address those three changes. The Council further
directed staff to enforce the provisions of the ordinance through the Police Department,
particularly in cases where an applicant does not have a permit and has told the staff that
they "are just going to `do it' anyway." Staff has discussed this matter internally, and the
Police Department will close the events down and if necessary issue citations, if the
• responsible party does not have the appropriate permit. •
However, in the interim month, staff has received an application to close down Electric
Avenue for a special event. Street closures of this type have traditionally come before the
City Council for authorization. As staff understands the direction from the City Council,
these types of applications would still be handled at the staff level, with notification and
Agenda Item /�
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Adoption of Ordinance No. — Special Events Permits Sec. 19E
City Council Staff Report
August 13, 2001
input from/to the Council through the City Manager. If this is the direction of the
Council, no further direction is needed. However, if the Council wishes to see
applications of this type come directly before the Council, staff would recommend that an
additional section of the ordinance be added that applications which involve street
closures be submitted and immediately come before the City Council for decision. This
section could be added before the 2 reading of the Ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt 1 reading of Ordinance, An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach Amending
Section 19E of the Code of the City of Seal Beach Regarding the Processing of Special
Events Permits.
0„, ie APPRO ' • :
Mac Cummins, Associate Planner Jo r ahorski, City Manager
Attachment 1: Ordinance No., An Ordinance of the ity of Seal Beach Amending
Section 19E of the Code of the City of Seal Beach Regarding the
Processing of Special Events Permits
Attachment 2: Application for Caplan Bat Mitzvah to close down Electric Ave. on
Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 5 PM to Midnight
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