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Council advances broad ordinance consolidation package and approves routine appointments, valet renewals and committee actions
Summary
Council approved first readings for a package of ordinance changes consolidating and deleting sections across chapters 6–11, approved routine appointments and valet license renewals, and set an energy-advisory committee ordinance for second reading.
Portsmouth — The City Council on Oct. 20 advanced a package of municipal-code changes on first reading intended to consolidate and streamline chapters governing licenses, parades and public-way obstructions, parking-meter construction permits, encumbrances and planning referrals. Councilors credited months of work by the governance committee and municipal attorneys in preparing the omnibus revisions.
Multiple first-reading motions were made to amend Chapter 6 (licenses and encumbrances), delete Article 10 (theatricals,…
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