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Public Hearing: Second reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Washoe County Code Chapter 25 (Business License Ordinance) as part of a comprehensive process to consolidate all permitting and licensing functions for outdoor festivals and outdoor community events under Washoe County Code Chapter 110 (Development Code). The proposed changes are intended to expand the range of uses considered as outdoor entertainment and to establish a clear set of license and permit processes for establishing both permanent and temporary outdoor entertainment uses. The proposed amendments to Chapter 25 are as follows:
• to Section 25.013, Definitions, to remove the definitions of outdoor festival and outdoor community events and to add a definition for special events, temporary sales and services, carnival, circus, and tent show, to ensure clarity relative to temporary events;
• to Section 25.0255, Business License Fees for Specific Businesses, to remove subsection (2) (e) regarding daily fees and subsection (6)(a-c) which define the terms Carnival, Circus, Tent Show, Special Event License, and Temporary Sales and Service, to ensure consistency with the new definitions described above ;
• to remove all sections regarding Outdoor Festivals, specifically Sections 25.263 through 25.307 inclusive; and to effect other items necessarily connected therewith and pertaining thereto.
The Board of County Commissioners introduced and conducted a first reading of the proposed ordinance on March 27, 2018. Community Services. (All Commission Districts.) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION