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Council directs staff to streamline event permitting for business improvement districts
Summary
The Long Beach City Council approved a motion directing the city manager to work with departments and business improvement districts to develop streamlined event-permitting processes and report back within 90 days, with input from BID leaders and suggestions for pilots and recurring-event approvals.
The Long Beach City Council on April 8 directed the City Manager to collaborate with the Health and Human Services Department, business licensing and other departments to develop a streamlined event-permitting process for established business improvement districts and business improvement associations and to report back within 90 days.
The resolution, introduced by Councilwoman Megan Kerr, aims to reduce application complexity and staff time for frequent, small-scale and recurring events organized through BIDs so local businesses can host more community-oriented programming without starting each permit from scratch.
"If businesses within BIDs could track their permit or potentially even receive direct feedback on what additional information was needed, it could reduce the back and forth inefficiencies," said Councilwoman Megan Kerr, who moved the item. Kerr said staff should…
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