"South Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival will be allowed to stay on the section of Adeline Street where it has been held for more than four decades, city and fire department officials said this week. Members of the City Council now plan to take a closer look at the regulations in Berkeley's fire code that could have required the festival and other popular street events to move, and will decide in the coming months whether they should be changed."
"Fire Chief David Sprague told the City Council this week that the Juneteenth Festival can continue to move forward next year in its longtime location on Adeline Street between Harmon Street and Alcatraz Avenue so long as it provides a 20-foot fire lane, which this year's festival included. City officials last month granted the Telegraph Holiday Fair, which opens this weekend, a permit to return to its longtime home at the north end of Telegraph Avenue."
South Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival will be allowed to remain on Adeline Street where it has been held for more than four decades provided organizers maintain a 20-foot fire lane. Berkeley's local fire code includes an optional 26-foot-wide fire access lane requirement for streets adjacent to buildings of three or more stories and requires Berkeley Fire Department sign-off on roadway redesigns. The 26-foot element has been part of the local code since 2008. Fire officials increased enforcement this year, prompting redesigns of farmers' markets and restrictions on some street events. City Council members will review the local fire code in coming months.
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