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Yakima council to let council set cruise‑night schedule by resolution; officials flag parade costs and insurance hurdles
Summary
Council directed staff to draft legislation allowing annual council resolution to set Yakima Avenue cruise nights. Staff and police described special‑event permitting, low fees, and large policing costs for parades and cruise events.
Council instructed staff to draft an ordinance change to allow council to establish Yakima Avenue cruise‑night dates and times each year by resolution, a change organizers requested so the city can flex dates to accommodate other downtown events.
Connor, associate planner, described the city’s special‑event permit process and requirements. He said the city processed 46 special‑event permits in 2024 and that the current application charge is $50 (nonprofits are often exempt). Connor described the intake and interdepartmental review: “It'll get, keyed into our system, assigned to a planner. That's me. So then once it hits my desk, it might be, you know, a…
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