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Sacramento council creates Limited Entertainment Permit to ease rules for small venues
Summary
The City Council approved an amendment to Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.108 creating a Limited Entertainment Permit (LEP) aimed at lowering costs and operational burdens for smaller venues that host entertainment as a secondary activity.
The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to Chapter 5.108 of the Sacramento City Code to create a Limited Entertainment Permit, a lower-cost permit for smaller businesses that occasionally host entertainment.
The change, presented by Tina LeVotte, nighttime-economy manager in the Office of Innovation and Economic Development, creates a new tier of permit for venues with a total occupancy of 299 or fewer where entertainment is a secondary operation. LeVotte said the LEP is intended to address an inequity in the current code that “does not differentiate between different business sizes and activities,” forcing a small café that wants to host occasional live music to meet the same requirements as a large nightclub.
The LEP’s primary criteria include a maximum occupancy of 299, restrictions that entertainment be secondary to the primary business, and hours that end at 10 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends (with…
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