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Council advances first reading on new "places of assembly" rules and licensing, sets uniform closing hours
Summary
Pontiac moved forward on Jan. 21 with updated zoning and a new municipal licensing ordinance for "places of assembly," approving first reading measures that set uniform hours (7 a.m. to 2 a.m.), outline insurance and local-contact requirements, and establish revocation rules for repeat nuisance violations.
The Pontiac City Council took first-reading action on a pair of measures on Jan. 21: a zoning-text amendment that updates where "places of assembly" may locate and a companion municipal ordinance establishing a new annual license and operating rules for those venues. Council amended the proposals during debate to set consistent closing hours of 2 a.m. across all districts where places of assembly are permitted, and it added a companion municipal licensing framework that would impose a three-strike revocation process for documented nuisance violations.
What the changes do: The zoning…
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