Item 27 Passedunofficial
In plain language — from the agenda backup
This ordinance sets up the special rules that let SXSW take over downtown streets, waiving parts of the city's temporary street closure code and adjusting requirements in the special events, closure, and sign chapters — including notice deadlines and rules for sound equipment and signage — for the 2027 conferences and festivals running March 13-21. The city co-sponsors SXSW, and this kind of ordinance is the paperwork that makes stages, amplified sound, and blocked-off streets legally possible. For neighbors and businesses near event zones, the notice provisions are the part that determines how much warning they get.
The official agenda language
Approve an ordinance waiving certain requirements under City Code Chapter 14-8 (Temporary Closure for Special Events and Block Parties) and modifying certain City Code requirements under Chapters 4-20 (Special Events), 14-8, and 25-10 (Sign Regulations) related to notice requirements and requirements for sound equipment and signs for the City co-sponsored 2027 South by Southwest conferences and festivals to be held March 13-21, 2027.
"Hearing none without objection. The consent agenda is adopted." — meeting transcript (unofficial)