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Planning staff proposes citywide permit to activate city-owned properties for events
Summary
Staff introduced a citywide public use permit to streamline permitting for temporary uses on city-owned property — including food trucks, mobile vendors, markets and performances — intended to support community activation and the city's 150th anniversary.
City planning staff presented a proposal Sept. 17 for a citywide public use permit that would authorize a broad range of temporary uses on city-owned properties, including parks, underutilized lots and downtown parcels.
Senior planner Emilio O’Brien described the program as a streamlined permit to “activate public spaces through a single citywide public use permit enabling a wide range of flexible…
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