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Zoning board approves four‑day ‘Warp Tour’‑style event downtown with conditions and one‑year review
Summary
The board granted a four‑day special‑event permit for a stage and vendors on Wyoming Avenue tied to the Ritz Theater, approving security, sanitation and a condition that the organizer return next year for a new temporary permit if he wishes to repeat the event.
The Scranton Zoning Hearing Board approved a four‑day temporary special‑event permit for a music and craft gathering organized by Josh Balz in the parking lot at 245–247.5 Wyoming Avenue, with conditions for crowd control, sanitation and a requirement that the organizer seek a new permit if he repeats the event next year.
The board’s decision matters because it allows a downtown storefront operator to stage an outdoor music and vendor event that aims to draw a few hundred attendees and to reinvigorate street‑level activity; the board conditioned approval on public‑safety measures described in the…
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