§ 14.65 PERMIT APPLICATION VERIFICATION AND CONSIDERATION.

   (a)   Application consideration. An application for a permit pursuant to this Division E shall be submitted to the issuing authority, which shall verify the information on the application form. The issuing authority is empowered to conduct any and all investigations to verify the information on the application. The issuing authority shall then route the application to the Chief of Police, Director of Community Development, Fire Marshal, Parks and Recreation Manager and City Traffic Engineer for review and consideration based upon the applicable laws or regulations relating to the proposed event and an assessment of the event’s likely impact on the public health, safety and welfare. The issuing authority shall grant the permit as provided herein with such conditions as may be necessary to ensure adequate parking and traffic circulation, to minimize impacts on adjacent property, to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and to otherwise protect the health, safety and welfare of the community. A permit shall be granted when it is found by the issuing authority that:

      (1)   The conduct of the event will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other pedestrian or vehicular traffic contiguous to its route or location;

      (2)   The conduct of the event will not interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment;

      (3)   The conduct of the event will not require the diversion of so great a number of city police resources as to pose an adverse impact on the health, welfare and safety of the public;

      (4)   The concentration of vehicles, persons and animals at the public assembly points of a parade , outdoor concert, race or other event will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such parade , outdoor concert, race or public assembly ;

      (5)   The conduct of the event is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property;

      (6)   Adequate sanitation and other required health facilities are or will be made available in or adjacent to any public assembly areas of the event;

      (7)   There are sufficient parking places near the beginning and end sites of the public assembly areas of the event;

      (8)   The applicant has paid all fees required under § 14.64;

      (9)   The parade , race or public assembly , not including special events on private property, is not being held for the primary purpose of advertising or selling any product or service and is not designed to be held purely for commercial purposes;

      (10)   No parade , race or public assembly permit application for the same time and location is already granted, or has been received and will be granted, and no event listed in § 14.64.01(b) is already scheduled for the same time and location. In the case of competing applications simultaneously under consideration for the same time and location, the issuing authority will use an impartial, blind lottery to determine which applicant is entitled to the permit; and

      (11)   The event will not be longer than 45 days in duration. Events longer than 45 days may be allowed if specifically approved by the City Council.

   (b)   Approval or denial. The issuing authority shall act promptly upon a completed permit application but in no event shall fail to grant or deny a permit more than 20 days after its receipt or less than 48 hours prior to the event without the written consent of the applicant. If the application is denied, in whole or in part, the issuing authority shall notify the applicant of the determination in writing, setting out the specific reason therefore. The notice shall be mailed, e-mailed or sent by facsimile to the applicant at the street address, e-mail address or facsimile number provided in the application and it shall inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 20 days after the date the notice was mailed to request an administrative review of the issuing authority’s determination to the City Manager or the City Manager’s designated representative. The issuing authority in denying an application for a permit may authorize an alternative permit for the parade , race , public assembly or private special event at a date, time, location, route or under conditions different from that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternative permit shall, within five days after notice of the denial, file a written notice of acceptance with the issuing authority.

   (c)   Administrative review. An applicant has a right to request an administrative review of the issuing authority’s determination to deny a permit to the City Manager or the City Manager’s designated representative within 20 days after the date the notice of denial was mailed by serving the issuing authority with a written request for administrative review along with all documents and written arguments serving as a basis for the applicant’s position. If a request for administrative review is timely received by the issuing authority, the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee shall issue a written decision, setting forth the reasons therefor within a reasonable period, in no case later than 20 days from the date of receipt of the request for administrative review by the issuing authority. The decision of the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee must be mailed to the applicant at the address on the permit application. Exhaustion of administrative remedies is not a precondition to judicial review.

(1958 Code, § 133.10) (Ord. 163, passed 1-1-1959; Ord. 74-101, passed 11-18-1974, renumbered to § 133.11; deleted by Ord. 87-77, passed 10-16-1987; Ord. 92-66, passed 12-21-1992; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; amended by Ord. 98-7, passed 3-2-1998; Ord. 2008-15, passed 5-5-2008; Ord. 2008-17, passed 5-19-2008; Ord. 2016-3, passed 2-22-2016)