| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.b.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Lisa Kim
| From: | John Montanchez
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community Services
| | Subject: | Consideration of a written request from LFA to extend the operating hours and make an exemption to the City's Noise Ordinance on New Year's Eve 2023. (Action Item) | Date: | 8/22/2023 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To transmit a written request on behalf of LFA, the operator of the Garden Amp, requesting approval to extend the operating hours and make an exemption to the Noise Ordinance, Municipal Code Section 8.47.040, to extend the higher noise levels from 10:00 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. on December 31, 2023. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
In 2017, the City entered into a ten (10) year facilities use agreement with LFA, as the production company of the City's Festival Amphitheater. The agreement allows LFA to operate the facility until 10:00 p.m. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
Staff received a request from from LFA to host a New Year's Eve event, at the Garden Amp, on December 31, 2023 that would extend the operating hours from 10:00 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Additionally, this request would also require the approval to make an exemption (per Garden Grove Municipal Code 8.47.070) to the hours listed in the Noise Ordinance establishing lower noise thresholds after 10:00 p.m. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this request will not have a financial impact to the City. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Consider the written request from LFA to extend operating hours and make an exemption to the Noise Ordinance from 10:00 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. on December 31, 2023 at the Garden Amp.
By: Janet Pelayo
Community Services Deputy Director
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