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Committee approves amended DORA hours, forwards amended application to council
Summary
Ordinance committee amended the downtown outdoor refreshment area so Friday–Sunday operate 1–9 PM and voted to forward the mayor’s amended DORA application to the full council for second reading after a roll-call verification (5–2).
The ordinance committee voted to send an amended application expanding Amherst’s outdoor refreshment area to the city council for a second reading, after adopting a change to set Friday–Sunday hours at 1–9 p.m. Council members approved forwarding the mayor’s amended application by roll call, 5–2.
The mayor described the document as an amended application that rewrites collateral elements such as signage, cleanup and zoning tied to the time change. “I redid the entire application, to be an amendment to the existing application,” the mayor said, describing the edits as a compromise reached after meeting with the police chief and the applicant. The committee voted first on changing Sunday’s hours from 3 p.m. to 1 p.m.; that amendment passed and was incorporated into the application that the committee approved to send on to the council.
Council discussion focused on implementation details: signage and QR-code links to the city website, which establishments would be included, and a plan to allow the mayor and safety officials to suspend the DORA if problems arise. The committee conducted a roll-call vote to confirm the prior voice tally; the chair recorded the final roll-call as 5–2 in favor of forwarding the amended application to the council.
