Sidewalk Displays on Newark Avenue
Today, businesses on Newark Avenue received a district notification which indicated that all sidewalk displays are prohibited with the exception of the once-per-month sidewalk sale which is authorized and managed by the Special Improvement District. Upon delivering the notification, which I did without our detail officer present, those businesses that had displays on the sidewalk accepted the notification and our request that they remove the displays inside...they responded quickly and started to bring their items inside..I gave them 30 minutes to pack up their displays and then I returned with P.O. Steven Beck from the SID detail. When we returned we observed that those who had displays on the sidewalk were actively bringing the displays inside and were not hesitating in any way, they requested a few more minutes to finish-up and Steve and I allowed them that time.
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