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§ 7-3-9 GROUNDS FOR DENYING A PERMIT.
   (A)   The following constitute grounds for denying a permit under this article:
      (1)   The event does not comply with the law, including this article;
      (2)   The property sought to be used for the special event is closed or partially closed for construction, renovations, or other reasons;
      (3)   The conduct of the special event will substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of pedestrian, vehicular, or other traffic contiguous to the special event's route or location;
      (4)   The conduct of the special event will require the diversion of so great a number of city police officers, firefighters, and EMS services to properly serve the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police, fire, and EMS protection in the city;
      (5)   The concentration of individuals, animals, and vehicles at assembly points of the special event will interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or EMS service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas;
      (6)   Except a public assembly, the conduct of the special event is likely to cause injury to persons or property or a public health threat, or the public assembly special event poses a clear and present danger to public health, safety, or welfare;
      (7)   The special event is not scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously, unless the direction or movement of a public assembly special event is inextricably intertwined with the purpose of the public assembly;
      (8)   Adequate sanitation and other required health facilities are not or will not be made available in or adjacent to any assembly areas;
      (9)   There are not sufficient parking places near the site of the special event to accommodate the number of vehicles expected and alternative parking arrangements have not been planned;
      (10)   The applicant has not secured any police, fire, security, and EMS protection required under this article;
      (11)   A special event or other permit application for the same time and location has already been granted or has been received and will be granted, and the location cannot accommodate all submitted special events at the same time;
      (12)   A special event or other permit application has already been granted or has been received and will be granted pertaining to the same or approximate time frame such that the police, fire, and EMS resources required for that prior special or other event are so great in combination with the subsequent proposed application that the resulting deployment of police, fire, and EMS services would have an immediate and adverse effect upon the participants or the public health, safety, or welfare, or property;
      (13)   The applicant has a history of, or demonstrates an inability or unwillingness to, conduct the special event pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article or other city permits or laws;
      (14)   The special event will require the exclusive use of a park or open space in a manner that will adversely impact upon the use or access to those areas by the general public for a prolonged period of time;
      (15)   The applicant has not obtained the timely approval of any other public body or entity within whose jurisdiction a portion of the special event will occur; or
      (16)   The special event is incompatible with the nature and traditional use of the city property requested.
   (B)   The Administration may give priority to special events sponsored by the city. The Administration may give priority to annual, semiannual, or other regularly scheduled or recurring special events. In deciding priority, the Administration may consider applicant compliance and previous special events.
   (C)   The Administration may condition any permit with reasonable requirements concerning the time, place or manner of holding such event as are necessary to coordinate multiple uses of public property, assure preservation of public property and public places, prevent dangerous, unlawful or impermissible uses, protect the safety of persons and property, or control vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the special event, provided that such requirements shall not be imposed in a manner that will unreasonably restrict expressive or other activity protected by the New Mexico or United States Constitutions.