The new license adds entertainment to end at 10 p.m. on weekdays and at 11 p.m. on weekends. It also offers prolonged hours for New Year’s Eve.
Sacramento, California – Sacramento The leaders approved a new measure to improve the city’s nightlife scene, targeting smaller places. Municipal Council Unanimous voting introduced Tuesday the “limited entertainment license” (LEP), designed to reduce regulatory charges and costs for businesses while expanding entertainment options for residents.
The LEP will allow restaurants, bars and other places of occupation between 50 and 299 people to welcome live music, comedy and other performances. The city claims that the new permit will ration the request process, requiring less paperwork and offering costs lower than small businesses seeking to improve their offers.
“It is something that I heard a lot for the mayor last year, you can have flourishing entertainment districts in the central city, but also through the city in the neighborhoods that are not the nucleus,” said Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty.
The new license adds that entertainment must end before 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. It also offers prolonged hours for New Years Eve. The city claims that entertainment must remain a secondary function of these companies, which means that the main operation of the place, such as the catering or bar, must come first.
Approval of the LEP is part of the continuous efforts of the city to update its entertainment regulations. In 2003, the Sacramento municipal council tightened restrictions on entertainment places due to concerns about noise, violence and unruly crowds. The city has adopted regulations to solve these problems and protect public security and the surrounding community.
However, recent studies add the city, have shown that the city’s entertainment code is exceeded and no longer supports the increasing night economy.
City documents Let us say that the current rules do not make the difference between types or sizes of companies, which leads to complaints from business owners and event organizers who argue that regulations impose unnecessary charges on smaller places.
“I think that can be a big boost to the type of associated entertainment, in particular for secondary purposes, for many of our restaurants, clubs, wine bars and even smaller ones that have occasional events,” said the board of the council Roger Dickinsonwhich represents the district 2.
The new license was adopted with a vote of 8-0, with a member of the council Maple absent. During future meetings, the city will continue to refine the details of the new rules, including the cost of the permit.