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Irvington council adopts new alcohol, noise and tax-abatement rules
Summary
The Irvington Municipal Council on July 8 adopted three ordinances: revised hours for alcohol sales, tightened rules and permit windows for amplified sound, and a new fee schedule for tax-abatement applications that the council made effective immediately under an emergency waiver.
The Irvington Municipal Council adopted multiple ordinances on July 8 that revise local rules for alcohol sales, amplified sound permits and tax-abatement application fees.
Council President Jamillah Z. Beasley opened the session and announced the ordinances. The council approved an amendment to Chapter 158 (Alcoholic Beverage Control) that clarifies hours of sale: retail consumption licenses (31, 32, 33) may not sell or serve alcoholic beverages before 9:00 a.m. or after 2:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and not before 12:00 noon or after 2:00 a.m. on Sundays, with an exception allowing retail consumption licensees to remain open an additional three hours (2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.) on New Year’s Eve; package goods distribution hours remain governed by A.B.C. regulation.
The council also adopted a second-reading amendment to Chapter 397, Article I, Section 397-4A(1) tightening permits for loudspeakers and amplifiers. Under the revised rule, permitted amplified sound activity may not begin before 10:00 a.m. or continue after 8:00 p.m.; permits generally remain unavailable on Sundays or religious holidays except when a holiday falls on Monday and the use is directly connected to a celebration or parade. The public hearing on the noise ordinance was opened, closed and the measure adopted (absent: Cox and Evans).
On a related procedural change, the council adopted an amendment to Chapter 577, §577-2 to require application fees for projects seeking long-term tax exemptions. The ordinance establishes a tiered fee schedule: 0.5% of total cost where the project cost is $250,000 or less; 1% for projects between $250,001 and $1,000,000; $12,500 for projects between $1,000,001 and $10,000,000; and $15,000 for projects above $10,000,000. By a separate resolution the council declared an emergency under state law to waive the ordinary 20-day delay so the tax-abatement ordinance became effective immediately upon approval.
Taken together the measures adjust regulatory windows for businesses and events and add a new revenue mechanism to offset administrative costs for processing long-term tax-exemption applications. The ordinances were adopted as recorded in the minutes; two members (Cox and Evans) were listed as absent.
The council did not register public speakers on the ordinances during the hearing of agenda items.
