Council debates changing permit verbiage from 'expected attendance' to 'maximum capacity'
Council members and promoters debated whether the ordinance should require an enforceable 'maximum capacity' instead of an 'expected attendance' figure on permits; council suggested using fire‑marshal verification, clickers or camera counters and tying rosters to enforcement.
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A key point in the Oct. 4 workshop was whether the city's event permit should require an "expected attendance" number or a legally enforceable "maximum capacity." Councilman Brissett (speaker S7) urged replacing the softer "expected" language with a concrete capacity limit in the ordinance so the city can act when crowds exceed the permitted number. "It should just be a capacity or what's my capacity instead of expected," S7 said.
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