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Planning staff to draft rules for permanent outdoor event/food‑truck spaces after commission feedback
Summary
Planning staff briefed the commission on a private property on Laurel Street that a property owner wants to use as a permanent outdoor event space with a pergola, stage and food trucks. Commissioners flagged building‑code, restroom, noise and circulation concerns and asked staff to return with ordinance options and examples from other cities.
City planning staff described a proposal on Nov. 6 to allow a privately owned lot on Laurel Street to operate as a permanent outdoor event space with a decorative pergola or entrance, a stage for live music, seating and space for food trucks.
Staff said the core regulatory questions are whether the use should be treated as a special exception, a conditional permanent use in particular zoning districts, or a new defined use in…
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