§ 33-1530. Purpose.

Short-term activities and events can enhance the city's lifestyle and provide benefits to area residents, businesses, and other community members through the creation of unique venues for expression, recreation, and entertainment that are not normally provided. However, the city council recognizes that short-term activities and events, if unregulated, can have an adverse effect on the public health, safety and welfare due to noise, traffic, safety, and health hazard impacts. The purpose of this article is to authorize limited and/or short-term activities or events to which public may be invited (with or without charge) and set forth reasonable regulations by establishing a process for permitting short-term activities and events. Temporary activities or events may occur indoors or outdoors, on improved or unimproved property, and may include outdoor displays, temporary outdoor sales, temporary uses, and special events. Such uses are appropriate when regulated as set out herein.

This article also encourages the economic vitality of public property, facilities, or parks; sidewalks, streets, or other areas of the public right-of-way; and developed or undeveloped private property. This article also affords increased merchandise visibility through the establishment of standards for the outdoor display of special interest retail items in an ongoing manner, and the allowance of temporary parking lot sales for other retail items as a limited special use. The safe and orderly outdoor display of merchandise can be beneficial by attracting interest, adding character, and increasing pedestrian traffic to a commercial area which can extend economic benefits to all commercial enterprises within that area. (Ord. No. 2020-07, § 6, 5-6-20)