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Parks director asks council to lower special-event fee and permit business use in parks; hearing scheduled
Summary
Parks & Recreation Director Shawn Fredrickson requested a public hearing to amend the Special Events ordinance to allow business uses in parks (fitness classes, vendors, races) and to reduce the special-event fee from $100 to $25; Council recorded one proponent and scheduled the hearing.
Shawn Fredrickson, the City-County Parks & Recreation Director, requested that the Council schedule a public hearing to amend sections of the Butte-Silver Bow Special Events ordinance to allow additional business uses in parks and to lower the special-event fee from $100 to $25.
Fredrickson described the proposed changes as covering uses such as fitness and recreational classes, vendors, sporting events and races. The public hearing record at the session listed one proponent (Ready Frost) and no opponents. The Council scheduled the hearing as part of Communication No. 2026-270; no final ordinance vote was taken at this meeting.
The proposal, if adopted after the public hearing and any committee review, would change permit fee levels and clarify permitted business activities in park spaces; the Council did not set an effective date and took no final action at this session.
