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Resolution Directing City Staff to Process an Amendment to the Land Development Code to Increase the Number of Temporary Concerts and Entertainment Events that May be Held on an Annual Basis in the Central Business District [Sponsored by Councilman Waddell]
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. §160D-601 authorizes local governments to amend ordinances regulating land use within their jurisdiction; and,
WHEREAS, Article 7, §18-568 of the Land Development Code (“LDC”) allows City Council to amend the LDC at its own motion or petition, after public notice and hearing; and,
WHEREAS, Councilman Waddell has requested consideration of an amendment to the temporary use provisions of the LDC in order to increase the number of concerts and entertainment events that may be held in the Central Business District (“CBD”) from two (2) per year to twenty (20) per year; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is supported by Wilmington Downtown Inc.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT, City Council hereby directs the City Manager to have staff present an amendment to City Council designed to modify temporary use provisions related to concerts and entertainment events in the CBD, in order to increase the allowable number of such events, and to present such amendment in the City’s summer LDC amendment package.