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Ordinance Amending the Brooklyn Arts District Collective Social District to Permit Weekly Operations on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Department:
City Manager
Meeting Date:
4/21/2026
Contact Name:
Thom Moton
Public Hearing:
No
Contact Phone:
910-341-7800
Advertising Date/Advertised By:
N/A
Attachments:
Attachment #1: Ordinance; Attachment #2: Social District Advisory Committee Meeting Summary; Attachment #3: BADC Ordinance - September 2025; Attachment #4: City Council Meeting Minutes - September 2025; Attachment #5: Social District Advisory Committee Resolution; Attachment #6: Resolution Allowing City Manager to Create Social District Standards; Attachment #7: Social District Standards and Provisions
PURPOSE:
The City received a request from the Brooklyn Arts District Collective ("BADC") to extend the social district from the 1st and 3rd Saturday from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. to every Saturday from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. for the same 10 blocks along N. 4th Street from Walnut to N. Front streets and one block on Red Cross Street from 3rd to 4th Streets in perpetuity, unless or until amended by City Council.
BACKGROUND:
City Council created the Social District Advisory Committee ("SDAC") on July 15, 2025, to review and evaluate social district applications and changes to social districts, and to provide City Council with recommendations on such applications and proposed changes. The SDAC held a public meeting on April 1, 2026, to review the BADC's request to expand the social district to every Saturday, continuing to operate from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and following the same "Other Special Conditions of Approval" that City Council approved on September 23, 2025, when Council authorized the social district.
During the SDAC April meeting, members reviewed information about the social district operations and concluded that there are no known negative impacts that would prevent the SDAC from recommending City Council approval of the extension. During th...
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