5-7-1: PURPOSE AND FINDINGS:
It is the purpose of the city council to regulate the time, place and manner of special events when the event's impact upon the health, sanitary, fire, police, transportation and utility services exceed those regularly provided to that property. This chapter is enacted in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of all residents and visitors of the city by ensuring that special events do not create disturbances, become nuisances, menace or threaten life, health or property, disrupt traffic or threaten or damage private or public property. It is not the intent of the city council by enacting this chapter to regulate in any manner the content of speech or infringe upon the right to assemble, except for regulating the time, place and manner of speech and assembly and this chapter should not be interpreted or construed otherwise. (Ord. 2014-07, 4-1-2014)