Santa Monica Bans Street Performers During Peak Hours

Nicole Charky
Updated ·1 min read

SANTA MONICA, CA — It's another sign of the times. Santa Monica will halt issuing permits for street performers at the Pier, Third Street Promenade and Transit Mall through Dec. 31.

The move aims to cut back on crowds or gatherings during the pandemic. Street performers will no longer be allowed at these locations during crowded times, including after 12 p.m. Monday through Friday, and the weekends and holidays, city officials said.

"During other times, the order prohibits street performers in those spaces from encouraging persons to gather to observe the performance and requires performers to comply with all County social distancing requirements, including wearing face coverings," the city said in a news release last week.

Here are several other provisions to the city's Twenty-Seventh Supplement:

  • It authorizes the Director of the Community Development Department to issue regulations authorizing businesses to post curbside pickup signs on parking meters adjacent to or near the business and designating spaces in public parking lots where the City may post curbside pickup signs.

  • It temporarily suspends certain Municipal Code requirements regarding procedures relating to HUD Community Development Block Grants that are inconsistent with HUD procedures adopted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • It authorizes the Director of the Community Development Department to issue regulations regarding and issue temporary use permits for certain uses allowed by the County Safer at Home Order, including temporary outdoor sales and special events, for a period longer than 45 days but less than 180 days.

To learn more about the city's ongoing response to the pandemic, visit the website santamonica.gov/coronavirus, or call the city’s coronavirus hotline at (310) 458-8400.

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This article originally appeared on the Santa Monica Patch