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Commission approves Margate fair after lawmakers require prepaid deposits and amplified-sound limits
Summary
The commission approved a temporary use permit for a traveling fair on CRA property after requiring a revised prepayment schedule for police and fire costs and a condition to cut amplified sound at 10 p.m.; the decision follows months of resident complaints about traffic, noise and late payments by the operator.
The City Commission of Margate approved a temporary use permit allowing Hildebrand Amusements to hold a fair at the CRA-owned site on State Road 7, with commissioners amending the permit to require upfront deposits for police and fire detail and a limit on amplified sound after 10 p.m.
The amendment requires a $100,000 deposit for police and fire services due on November 21 and an additional $25,000 due on Dec. 1; the commission also directed that amplified music and other amplified entertainment must cease at 10 p.m. each night and authorized staff to shut the event down if the amplified-sound restriction is violated.
The change was proposed after repeated public complaints about noise, traffic and the operator’s past late payments for the city’s public-safety overtime. Supporters of the motion framed the deposits as a way to avoid chasing funds after the fair ends;…
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