A. License Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to own, promote, conduct, engage in, operate or manage a temporary event, seasonal retail location, or occasional residential sale described in this chapter without first having obtained a license.
B. Applications for License: Applications for temporary event or sale licenses shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of this code relating to applications for licenses. Applications must be submitted to the director of community and economic development no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date the temporary event or sale is to commence. Additional application requirements for the various types of temporary event or sale licenses are set forth more specifically in this chapter.
C. Fee: The license fees for the various types of temporary events and sales are set forth in section 4-18-1 of this title. Such fees shall not be applicable to any governmental bodies, including agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the state of Illinois or the United States of America.
D. Conditions of License for Temporary Events and Sales: No temporary event or sale conducted in the city may be operated:
1. In a manner that constitutes a nuisance as defined in Section 5-3-1 of this Code or results in nuisance in fact due to a negative impact on the public health, safety or welfare;
2. In violation of any zoning, building, fire, or health codes or any other applicable ordinances and regulations or lawful order of the Mayor issued in response to a civil emergency; or
3. In an unsanitary or unsafe manner. including, without limitation, the potential to spread contagious or infectious diseases during a pandemic, epidemic, or other declared emergency.
E. Penalty: Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the following penalties:
1. A fine in the amount set out in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this code for each offense;
2. Immediate suspension and revocation of any temporary event or sale license issued by the City; provided, however, that licensees shall be entitled to a hearing before the City Manager prior to revocation of a suspended temporary event license pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-2-11 of this Code; and
3. Prohibition of the issuance of additional temporary event or sale licenses for the violating premises for a period of one year.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Owners of property hosting a temporary event or sale as well as the recipient of the temporary event or sale license shall be jointly and severally liable for all penalties issued pursuant to this Section. (Ord. M-19-13, 10-7-2013; amd. Ord. M-75-14, 1-5-2015; Ord. M-10-20, 8-3-2020)