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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
250537
Name:
Police Code - Entertainment Permits
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Final Passage, Consent
File created:
In control:
5/20/2025
Public Safety and Neighborhood Services
Committee
On agenda:
Final action:
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) increase the filing fee for One Time Outdoor Amplified
Sound Permits; 2) eliminate permit requirements for ball or ring throwing games, dance halls, and
masked balls; 3) eliminate referral of Place of Entertainment Permit applications to the Department of
Building Inspection (“DBI”); 4) eliminate referral of Limited Live Performance and Fixed Place Outdoor
Amplified Sound permits to the Planning Department; 5) relax public notice requirements on the
applicant and the Entertainment Commission with respect to applications for Place of Entertainment,
Limited Live Performance, and Fixed Place Amplified Sound permits; 6) require the Entertainment
Commission to hold a hearing on any application for a One Time Event Permit or One Time Outdoor
Amplified Sound Permit in cases where an applicant has previously obtained 12 or more such permits
in the same calendar year, rather than the preceding 12 months; 7) for Extended-Hours Permits,
eliminate referral to DBI, and eliminate referral to the Department of Public Health and the Fire
Department in cases where the applicant or permittee already holds valid permits from those
departments; and 8) amend definitions relevant to noise limit enforcement.
Sponsors:
Mayor, Stephen Sherrill, Danny Sauter
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. MYR Memo 052025, 4. FYI Referral 052725, 5. Hearing Notice
061325, 6. Comm Pkt 062625, 7. SBC Response 062425, 8. Board Pkt 070825
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
5/20/2025
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
5/27/2025
1
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
6/15/2025
1
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
6/22/2025
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Small Business Commission
6/23/2025
1
RECOMMENDED
Public Safety and Neighborhood
Services Committee
6/26/2025
1
Pass
Board of Supervisors
7/8/2025
1