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Venice adopts consolidated Special Events Guide, sets new fees and a review team
Summary
Council adopts a consolidated Special Events Guide, updates public-space fees using CPI, creates an Events Review Team to evaluate new event proposals and adds venue-specific rules and safety requirements.
The Venice City Council on May 20 adopted a consolidated Special Events Guide that assembles the city's existing event rules into a single document, updates public-space fees and creates a cross-departmental Events Review Team to screen new event proposals before they proceed to council.
Why it matters: The guide aims to balance downtown business interests, resident access and public safety by clarifying which activities qualify as simple park reservations versus special events that require city services, police details or road closures.
What changed
- Consolidation and clarity: The guide gathers previously scattered rules into one user-facing document, with downloadable maps and vendor resources. Staff said most content is existing policy reorganized for clarity.
- Events Review Team (NERRT): New evaluation process for any…
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