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Council briefed on ordinance to permit outdoor live performance theaters in commercial and downtown districts

2510523 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff proposed revising land‑use definitions and tables to explicitly allow outdoor live performance theaters in certain commercial, GMU, downtown and open‑space districts, with a 1,000‑foot buffer from residential lots in high‑intensity zones; councilors asked about fire code, buffers and temporary modular facilities.

Planning staff briefed the council on a zoning code amendment to permit outdoor live performance theaters as a distinct land use in several commercial, mixed‑use and downtown zoning districts. The proposal updates the definition of "live performance theater" to distinguish indoor and outdoor uses, replaces the existing "formal amphitheater" use in some districts, and adds the outdoor use to CG, GMU, OS, PL2 and downtown zoning tables where appropriate.

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