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Providence committee narrows late-night live-music hours in zoning amendment
Summary
A Providence City committee approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance narrowing when incidental live music may run late at night and clarifying that prerecorded music may continue through closing time; the change follows a public hearing with more than 60 speakers.
Providence — A Providence City committee on Nov. 3 approved an amendment to Chapter 27 of the city's zoning ordinance that narrows the nights when incidental live music may run until 11 p.m. and clarifies how prerecorded music is treated.
The committee approved a revision proposed by the Department of Planning and Development that makes the live-music clause a separate sentence and limits later live-music hours. Robert Azar, deputy director of the department, read the new wording into the record: “If incidental entertainment is provided as a live music…
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