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The ordinance amends the Police Code to waive certain fees for entertainment permits, eliminate masked ball permits, and streamline the application process for various entertainment-related permits. It also exempts schools from needing specific permits for regular activities and allows for security plans to be required for certain permits to ensure safety.

Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) waive initial license and filing fees through June 30, 2025 for certain Entertainment Permits for former holders of Just Add Music Permits; 2) waive initial license and filing fees for Entertainment Permits for applicants who are newly eligible to apply for those permits due to recent Planning Code amendments; 3) eliminate masked ball permits; 4) require applicants for Arcade, Ancillary Use, billiard and pool table, Place of Entertainment, Limited Live Performance, Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound, and Extended-Hours Premises Permits to submit a new Permit application and filing fee if their existing application has not been granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months of its submission; 5) authorize the Entertainment Commission Director (“Director”) to issue billiard and pool table permits without a hearing, and provide that such permits may be suspended or revoked under the standards and procedures that apply to other Entertainment Permits; 6) exempt schools from the requirement to obtain a Place of Entertainment Permit, Limited Live Performance Permit, or Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit for any activities that occur on school premises in the regular course of school operations; 7) allow the Director or the Entertainment Commission to require an applicant for a Limited Live Performance Permit to propose a Security Plan if necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or provide for the orderly dispersal of persons and traffic, to make compliance with the Security Plan a condition of the Permit, and to require revisions to the Security Plan as necessary; and 8) clarify that a single One Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit may extend across multiple consecutive or non-consecutive 24-hour periods.

Introduced: Oct 17, 2023
Final action: Dec 14, 2023
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How they voted

AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Board of Supervisors · Dec 5, 2023Pass
5-0
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED
Board of Supervisors · Dec 5, 2023Pass
5-0
RECOMMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee · Nov 29, 2023Pass
1-0 /1

Legislative journey

PresidentJul 25, 2023
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardAug 2, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Small Business CommissionSep 13, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
PresidentOct 17, 2023
SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
Clerk of the BoardOct 23, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Budget and Finance CommitteeNov 29, 2023
RECOMMENDEDPass
Board of SupervisorsDec 5, 2023 – Dec 12, 2023
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
·DUPLICATED ON FIRST READING
FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorDec 14, 2023
APPROVED