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Committee backs updated Marathon County assembly ordinance with 5,000-person threshold
Summary
The Marathon County Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously to recommend a revised county assembly ordinance (code 12.04) to the full county board after the Environmental Resources Committee recommended raising the special-event threshold from 3,000 to 5,000 and revising parking language.
The Marathon County Infrastructure Committee on an unanimous voice vote recommended the county board consider a revised county assembly ordinance (code 12.04) that raises the special-event threshold to 5,000 people and relaxes prescriptive parking requirements.
The draft ordinance, drafted by a county work group and reviewed by the Environmental Resources Committee (ERC), replaces a version the county says is not enforceable. Director Givens said the work group met for a year and a half and engaged large-event organizers and towns while drafting the proposal. The ERC recommended two principal changes: raising the threshold from…
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