(A) No person, corporation, association or group of any kind shall sponsor, promote or conduct a mass gathering, as defined, which may reasonably be expected to result or does result in the gathering of a group of persons upon any public street, park, or other public grounds, until a permit has been obtained from the Town Council.
(B) No person, corporation, association or group of any kind shall make its privately owned property available for a mass gathering, as defined, which may reasonably be expected to encroach, or does encroach, upon public streets, sidewalks, or public rights-of-way or that can reasonably be expected to interfere, or does interfere, with the normal flow or regulation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, until a permit has been obtained from the Town Council.
(C) Mass gatherings may consist of, but are not to be limited to: festivals, fairs, concerts, exhibitions, social gatherings, meetings, parades, and entertainment. Land use authorization by the Planning Commission for a specific use does not negate the necessity for a mass gathering permit if the use results in the creation of a mass gathering.
(D) The following events are exempt from this chapter:
(1) Normal and usual school activities, including athletic events, taking place on school grounds sponsored by Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation.
(2) Outdoor events and festivals sponsored by and under the direct supervision of the Town of Ellettsville.
(3) The Monroe County Fall Festival.
(4) A regularly established, permanent place of worship, an arena, an auditorium or other similar permanently established place of assembly for assemblies that do not exceed by more than 250 people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held.
(Ord. 2014-05, passed 4-14-2014; Am. Ord. 2014-09, passed 6-23-2014)