A long-debated ordinance to add provisions for temporary retail structures to Homer City Code was finally voted down by a majority of the city council on Monday, Oct. 13.

A move sponsored by Homer City Council members Jason Davis and Donna Aderhold as a way to potentially invigorate Homer’s Central Business District and provide opportunity to aspiring entrepreneurs who can’t yet afford to establish a brick-and-mortar storefront, Ordinance 25-54 was initially set to be introduced on Aug. 11, but was postponed for referral to the Planning Commission and Economic Development and Advisory Commission. The ordinance was postponed again on Sept. 22, and finally came back to the dais on Monday.

Part of the impetus behind the ordinance stemmed from multiple inquiries to city staff this year by “w

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