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City staff opens discussion on entertainment zones for downtown events; key issues include boundaries, policing and waste
Summary
Planning Director Gabe Osborne briefed the subcommittee on state‑authorized entertainment zones that would allow licensed businesses to permit outdoor alcohol consumption within locally defined boundaries.
Planning and economic development Director Gabe Osborne briefed the subcommittee on entertainment zones, a state‑enabled tool that lets licensed businesses permit the outdoor consumption of alcohol within defined boundaries.
Osborne said the state law (identified in the meeting as Senate Bill 969) permits local jurisdictions to create a district where alcohol sold by participating brick‑and‑mortar businesses can be consumed outdoors within an established boundary. He explained the principal policy design choices the city must make: district boundaries, days and hours of operation, permitted containers (the city would prohibit glass or metal containers under…
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