Council imposes short moratorium on street‑closure permits while staff rewrites downtown event rules
To reduce confusion and protect downtown businesses while staff revises an outdated ordinance, Merced adopted a 45‑day urgency moratorium on new street‑closure encroachment permits and allowed narrow administrative exceptions for safety‑neutral requests.
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The Merced City Council on April 20 adopted an urgency ordinance placing a 45‑day moratorium on new street‑closure encroachment permits, giving staff time to overhaul the city’s rules for parades, festivals and other events that use the public right‑of‑way.
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