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Council gives staff direction to reshape temporary events and signage rules to speed business recovery
Summary
After hours of public testimony, the council directed staff to revise a zoning text amendment easing temporary use permit and temporary sign rules meant to help businesses recover from the Palisades fire. Council did not adopt the ordinance; staff will return with edited language addressing caps, enforcement, dark‑sky compliance and sunset timing.
Malibu City Council spent a significant portion of its July 14 meeting debating a staff‑proposed zoning text amendment intended to ease temporary use permit (TUP) and temporary sign rules as an economic recovery measure following the Palisades fire.
Staff described a three‑tier approach: small events (up to 99 guests) would require a brief planning clearance, medium events (100–250) would require a shortened TUP process with limited noticing, and large events (251+) would continue to use the existing, more detailed TUP process. The proposal also would allow…
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