RTD board endorses Denver entertainment-licensing overhaul
RTD’s executive committee unanimously advanced the recommendation, and the full board packet shows the transit district took a support position on Denver’s proposed entertainment-licensing changes.
RTD’s board endorsed Denver’s proposed entertainment-licensing overhaul May 27, after the transit agency’s executive committee unanimously advanced the recommendation a week earlier.
A full board packet for the May 27 meeting says RTD would take a support position on Denver’s proposal to amend Chapters 6, 7 and 32 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code.
Denver’s proposal goes beyond nightclub rules. A city draft ordinance posted April 7 says it would repeal outdated amusement and cabaret license types, modernize entertainment-licensing provisions, update application and license fees, and make conforming code changes. On a separate city policy page, Denver says it wants to streamline 14 current cabaret and amusement-facility license types into three categories: limited entertainment business, nightlife entertainment business and adult entertainment business.
The city says the proposal is part of a broader effort to simplify licensing and improve safety in Denver’s nightlife economy.
The RTD packet does not explain why the transit district formally weighed in on the city licensing proposal. The available materials also do not include a separate roll-call tally or any amendments on the item. The full board agenda placed it on the unanimous-consent calendar, and the executive committee record shows only that the recommendation advanced unanimously.