Council Introduces Ordinance Enabling 'Entertainment Zones' for Events; Waives First Reading
Council introduced an ordinance to add a zoning chapter allowing temporary entertainment zones where brick-and-mortar businesses can serve alcohol during city events; the ordinance establishes a framework and delegates zone definitions and management plans to later resolutions and administrative approvals.
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City staff presented an ordinance to add Willits Municipal Code Title 17, chapter 17.89 to create a regulatory framework for "entertainment zones," areas where brick-and-mortar businesses could serve alcohol during permitted city events. Planner Connor Stack told the council the action before them was a first-reading introduction that establishes the legal framework; actual zone boundaries, signage and event management plans would come later by resolution and administrative application.
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