Ald. Sophia King (4) and the Department of Law’s Mark Siegel speak during a committee meeting on Tuesday.

After terse discussions pitting legal concerns against aldermanic involvement in the special events permitting process, aldermen on Tuesday gave initial OK to a proposal that would lengthen the advance notification period required for special events and require city officials to make an extra effort to notify aldermen of upcoming fairs or festivals planned in their own wards.