Bill to Repeal parts of Entertainment Zone in Jax

[Cheshire Cat]

Councilmen John Crescimbin and Matt Schellenberg have submitted a bill that would repeal some portions of the current Entertainment zone in Jacksonville which allowed for relaxes restrictions during special events.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/downtowntoday.php?dt_date=2013-10-16  (click link for full story)

A bill introduced to City Council in April to repeal the entertainment zone legislation allowing certain city ordinances to be waived in certain portions of Downtown during specified times was challenged Tuesday by advocates for the Eastside neighborhood near the Sports Complex.
Council members John Crescimbeni and Matt Schellenberg sponsored a bill that would repeal portions of Special Events and Entertainment District code, and eliminate an exemption to the city's noise control regulations governing outdoor musical entertainment.

Crescimbeni said he co-sponsored the bill to "revisit the concept of what is our Entertainment District" after discussions with concert promoters who are attempting to reach an agreement with the city over the use and noise regulations at Metropolitan Park.

A Downtown entertainment zone was designated in 2004, in preparation for the 2005 Super Bowl. Within the zone, some city regulations were temporarily waived during the week of Super Bowl-related activities.

The waivers included non-enforcement of the noise ordinance, the open container alcoholic beverage regulations and the zoning distance limitation on the location of businesses selling alcoholic beverages from churches and schools.

After the game, the Super Bowl entertainment zone was repealed and then legislation was introduced to re-adopt and expand the portion of the entertainment zone that covered A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and several blocks of the Eastside neighborhood.

The zone and its three code waivers are effective for a set of specific events and includes festivities such as the annual Florida-Georgia and Gator Bowl football games, all events at Veterans Memorial Arena, the Baseball Grounds, EverBank Field and the Jacksonville Fairgrounds and Expo Center, and certain events at Metropolitan Park

[Tacachale]

Oh for the love of mike. How do they even come up with this stuff?

[Cheshire Cat]

Oh for the love of mike. How do they even come up with this stuff?

I believe they listen to the NIMBY's as opposed to thinking about what benefits the entire community.  Lord have mercy we are only talking about some special events and folks lose their minds over it. 

[thelakelander]

Oh for the love of mike. How do they even come up with this stuff?

I believe they listen to the NIMBY's as opposed to thinking about what benefits the entire community.

Pretty much.  It appears a few Eastside businesses just north would be negatively impacted by this modified bill.

[mtraininjax]

Redman probably had a new VETO stamp made up in preparation for this one!