Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/div>\nAccording to city and law officials, numerous private events have taken place without sufficient planning, which results in the city having to intervene and city resources being spent by requiring police and first responders at events. Mayor Sylvester Turner referenced a private event that occurred last year \u2013 that law enforcement and the mayor’s special events department \u2013 were concerned might bring upon unforeseen safety issues. <\/span><\/p>\n“This particular ordinance came up to address that particular event dealing with people, producers, who decide, for example, on the spur the moment that they want to hold this event,” Turner said. <\/span><\/p>\nThe ordinance requires the event planner to provide security, staffing and traffic plans, and emergency contact information. Event producers will be required to pay the application fee of $62.66 for their event, and events with less than 30 days\u2019 notice will be required to pay an expedited processing fee of $200.<\/p>\n
Turner said without enforcing the permit \u2013 if an incident happens \u2013 the city will be held responsible although it\u2019s not a city-planned event. <\/span><\/p>\n“Even though it\u2019s on private property, if it gets out of hand, it\u2019s happening in the city of Houston, and we are going to get blamed for it, because people are going to say, why didn\u2019t we do something,” he said. “And with social media and everything, all of a sudden you got hundreds, hundreds, if not thousands of people showing up and something happens and then here we are in the news.” <\/span><\/p>\nKnox suggested the city remove the word “music” out of the ordinance and apply the permit to all large events. Knox ultimately decided to withdraw his proposal to amend the word “music” out of the ordinance after not receiving support from the other council members. <\/span><\/p>\n“The same risks apply at a music industry that apply to any other large, unintended or unknown political [event], any kind of an event at all and so if it\u2019s the public is invited \u2013 the same risk that you\u2019d have at a music festival, you\u2019d also have at that event,” he said. “I think that I\u2019m satisfied that I\u2019ve done my part on this thing, so I\u2019m going to withdraw my motion and we\u2019ll just vote on the main motion.”<\/span><\/p>\nCouncil member Abbie Kamin said the ordinance was not a new ordinance to just put on the agenda. It was brought forth during a special committee meeting on October 13 to discuss the need to enforce measures on outdoor events held on private property. <\/span><\/p>\n“This addresses a particular need that our departments, our law enforcement, our special events department, Mayor, your team, has identified as a problem that we can address,” she said. “There have been actual instances where there\u2019s on private property, someone wants to throw a big music festival, the city learns about it within a day or two \u2013 there\u2019s been no proper planning, there\u2019s been no safety measures in place \u2013 and the city that has to step in, HPD has to step in, at the expense of the city and unable to recoup those costs.” <\/span><\/p>\nThe new ordinance passed on a 15-1 vote and will take effect in 90 days in order to notify those communities or individuals that will be affected by the new rule. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.houstonpublicmedia.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP Festival goers are seen at day one of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. The Houston City Council approved on Wednesday to place firm new rules on outdoor music events held on private property with an attendance of 500 or more people by requiring permits. 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