Albany seeks to regulate live venues through new entertainment license
Posted by Ledger Newsroom on January 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
The act may be up for some Albany live performance venues, as the city seeks to impose a new fee for establishments that have live music on their premises.
Currently, the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) handles requests to be listed as a “nightclub” or an establishment that allows live music. Mayor Gerald D. Jennings wants this to be changed to having a system of approvals by various departmental heads and the city clerk in order for an establishment to have performances.
The proposal license fee would be from $300 to $900, depending on the size of the establishment.
Recent decisions by BZA – including the revocation of the nightclub permit for South End club Simply Fish and Jazz and the rejection of a permit by Dominick Karl on behalf of Sneaky Pete’s – have come under more scrumptious light.
The Common Council’s Planning, Economic Development, and Land Use Committee, chaired by Daniel Herring (D-13th Ward), will vote on the ordinance tonight at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall before it reaches a chamber vote this month.
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