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Councilors call for overhaul of conference-center licensing after reports of after-hours events and violence
Summary
Council members questioned how the city’s conference-center license is being used after complaints that venues operate like nightclubs; the council agreed to carry a pending conference-center application to committee while staff and council review license definitions and enforcement options.
Council members raised concerns that some businesses operating under a conference-center license are running late-night, nightclub-style events and urged changes to the licensing rules and enforcement practices.
The discussion focused on Item 9 and related licensing questions for venues using a conference-center designation. One councilmember described a reported incident in which a 17-year-old was maced and struck inside a venue and said some holders of a "conference center" license are operating from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., advertising "ladies night" and hosting BYOB events.
Councilmembers said a committee that previously defined a conference center by square footage…
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