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Council adopts ordinance tightening fencing rules for alcohol establishments, flags minor drafting fix
Summary
The Monona City Council adopted Ordinance 726,808 to amend fencing requirements in Chapter 272 of the Monona Code for alcohol‑serving establishments. Members noted an incomplete sentence in the ordinance language and agreed to an administrative correction; the ordinance passed on a voice vote.
The Monona City Council approved Ordinance 726,808 on July 20, 2026, amending Chapter 272 of the Monona Code of Ordinances to address fencing requirements for alcohol‑serving establishments. The ordinance was on the agenda as a continuation of prior discussion and passed after a short question about drafting clarity.
One councilmember pointed to a sentence that reads as an incomplete clause and suggested adding a verb or phrasing to make it administratively correct: “If determined necessary by the license review committee, fencing of a size type configuration location as determined by the license review committee” — the council agreed this appears to be an administrative/grammar correction and intended to make that administrative fix.
The ordinance passed by voice vote. A member noted that the body will implement the intended meaning as an administrative correction and that staff would clarify the sentence language before final publication.
The change had been discussed at prior meetings and seeks to give the License Review Committee discretion to require fencing where appropriate for public safety and operational reasons. The transcript records the voice vote but does not include a roll‑call tally in the minutes.
