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Council reviews rewrite of special-events code; staff to raise private-property threshold to 250
Summary
Council reviewed a first reading of a rewrite to the city’s special-events code (Chapter 12.44), and agreed to raise the private-property threshold that triggers a special-event permit to 250 people while keeping exemptions for small, low-impact activities and First Amendment-protected gatherings.
The Sedro-Woolley City Council reviewed a first draft of a rewrite of Chapter 12.44 of the municipal code covering special events, parades and festivals. Charlie and Nicole (planning staff) presented the rewrite, which staff drafted to make event permitting clearer and more objective.
Nicole said the existing code contained subjective language and inconsistent insurance and permitting rules, and that the new draft ties the special-event definition to impacts on city…
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