The following standards and requirements are intended to protect the health, welfare and safety of those attending mass gatherings and of other persons who may be affected by mass gatherings. In applying these standards and requirements to a particular mass gathering, the county health director is authorized to apply more rigid or less rigid standards and requirements as called for by the specific characteristics of the gathering based upon generally recognized public health principles and practices. Any such alteration in the prescribed standards and requirements shall be in writing and shall be sent to the applicant. Necessary facilities and services shall be provided, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Activity area. An activity area shall be provided of sufficient size to accommodate the estimated number of persons reasonably expected to be in attendance at any one time. This activity area is in addition to those areas required for parking in subsection (7) of this section, for camping in subsection (4) of this section, and for the command post in subsection (5) of this section.
(2) Distance from dwellings. No part of the perimeter of the activity and camping areas shall be within 1,500 feet of any residence unless the occupant and owner have signed a written waiver. Notarized copies of such waivers shall accompany the application.
(3) Distance from certain public water supply sources. No part of the perimeters of the activities, including camping areas, shall be located within one mile of a class I or class II reservoir, as classified by the sanitary engineering division of the state board of health, or within three miles of a protected watershed which drains into an A-L stream, as classified by the state board of water and air resources, and which stream is used as a source of public water supply.
(4) Camping area. When overnight camping is offered or planned for as a part of the activities, an area of adequate size shall be provided and designated for camping. Such area shall be in addition to the areas provided for activities in subsection (1) and for parking in subsection (7) of this section.
(5) Command post. An adequate command post at a conveniently accessible location approved by health, law enforcement, and other governmental agencies shall be provided for use by personnel of health, law enforcement, and other governmental agencies. The command post shall consist of at least one building or manufactured unit equipped with an adequate number of telephones and other utilities, and an adequate number of parking spaces. The permittee shall ensure access to it at all times by such governmental personnel.
(6) Ingress and egress road; entrances and exits. The permittee shall provide personnel and arrangements necessary to keep entrances and exits to public highways open to traffic at all times. He shall make arrangements with private parties and consult with the state highway commission regarding adequate ingress and egress roads.
(7) Parking. Parking facilities shall be provided off public roadways sufficient to serve the reasonably expected requirements at a rate of one to 100 passenger cars per acre or 30 buses per acre. One parking space for cars shall be provided for each four people to attend. Camper class vehicles shall park in the camping area provided in subsection (4) of this section. Parking on shoulders of public highways shall not be permitted and temporary signs shall be erected by the applicant to so indicate.
(8) Plan for limiting attendance, exclusion of nonticket holders, crowd control, and security enforcement. The application for permit shall be accompanied by a written plan for limiting attendance to the number stated in the application for permit, the exclusion of persons not holding tickets, and a written plan for security enforcement, including the number of security guards to be provided for internal and external crowd control and security enforcement. The plan shall be accompanied by a written statement by the sheriff that the plan seems adequate. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(9) Dust control. The application shall be accompanied by a written plan for dust control. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(10) Fire prevention and control. The application shall be accompanied by a written plan for fire prevention and control. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(11) Plan for emergencies. The application shall be accompanied by a written plan for dealing with emergency situations involving the occurrence of incidents requiring rapid evacuation, including arrangements for use of emergency egress roads. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(12) Provisions of adequate medical care. The application for permit shall be accompanied by a written plan for the provision of adequate medical care, such plan having been approved in writing by the county health director. At the time of the inspection required by section 18-97, the structure and all supplies and equipment provided for in the plan shall be in place; and the agreements and statements provided for in the plan shall be determined to be valid. The plan shall include provisions for:
a. The name and address of a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state to be responsible for the organization and delivery of emergency medical services. A signed notarized statement by the physician accepting the responsibility shall accompany the plan. He shall determine how many licensed physicians, licensed nurses, and other medical personnel shall be on duty on the premises at any particular time.
b. At least one enclosed covered structure to be used as a medical treatment center. The structure or structures shall provide at least a total of 450 square feet unless the county health director shall determine some other space requirement is adequate under the circumstances and the treatment center shall have running water under pressure from an approved source.
c. A list of medical supplies and equipment sufficient to support reasonable anticipated medical care requirements.
d. Notification of all general public hospitals within 18 miles of the mass gathering location as to scheduled dates and anticipated attendance of the mass gathering.
e. The name and address of at least one licensed ambulance service agency to be responsible for providing emergency transportation. A signed notarized statement by an official of the agency accepting the responsibility shall accompany the plan. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(13) Water supply.
a. Generally. There shall be provided a water supply from an approved source. An approved emergency source shall be provided in addition where necessary. Approved facilities shall be provided for distribution and dispensing and the supply shall be adequate in quantity and quality. The sponsor shall have in his possession, at the time of the inspection as provided in section 18-97, the reports of bacteriological and chemical examinations of water samples of the laboratory division of the state board of health, at the request of the county health director when he deems it necessary. The water supply and the facilities for distribution and dispensing shall be provided with effective safeguards to prevent the introduction of hallucinogenic drugs or other contamination.
b. Requirements. If water is to be provided only for drinking and washing, water shall be supplied at a rate of three gallons per person per day and a peak hour demand of one and one-half pints per person. If water is to be provided for drinking, washing, and bathing, water shall be supplied at a rate of 12 gallons per day per person and a peak hour demand of six pints per person.
c. Source. Water shall be obtained from a public or community water supply approved by the sanitary engineering division, state board of health and the county board of health. If a new source of water supply is to be provided, the approval of the county health director must be secured prior to its use. If water is to be hauled from an off-site source, storage facilities shall be provided in the area sufficient in volume to supply the needs of the gathering of its duration. Before being filled with water for use during the gathering, all such storage tanks shall be cleaned thoroughly, filled with clean water containing a chlorine residual of at least 100 parts per million, and, after a contact time of at least 24 hours, all such tanks shall be emptied. Subsequently, and prior to the issuance of a permit, all such tanks shall be closed and locked so as to give positive protection against the introduction of contamination.
d. Distribution. Water outlets shall be provided at an adequate number of convenient and readily accessible locations properly distributed throughout the activity and camping areas.
(14) Toilet facilities; sewage disposal. Sanitary toilet facilities shall be provided at an adequate number of convenient and readily accessible locations properly distributed throughout the activity and camping areas at a rate of not more than 100 persons per toilet seat, or as deemed necessary by the county health director. If chemical toilet rental service is to be employed, all toilets shall be so located as to be readily accessible by service vehicles and shall be serviced as often as necessary. Material removed from such toilets shall be disposed of in a public or community sewerage system, or in a disposal trench to be constructed in the area. Each load of material deposited in such trench shall be covered immediately with earth or lime. At the end of each 24-hour period, the material shall be covered with a layer of at least six inches of earth. If water-carried sewerage facilities are provided, the sewer system shall be connected to a public or community sewer system having wastewater treatment facilities of adequate capacity to treat the flow of wastewater from the mass gathering; and the application shall be accompanied by a signed statement by the state department of natural and economic resources attesting the adequacy of the treatment facilities. A similar statement shall accompany the application of material removed from chemical toilets to be disposed of in a public or community sewer system. No sewage shall be discharged to the surface of the ground or into any watercourse.
(15) Solid waste collection and disposal. Facilities shall be provided for all solid wastes to be collected and stored in leakproof, nonabsorbent containers, and all solid wastes shall be removed daily or oftener and disposed of in a community solid waste disposal facility or in a sanitary landfill, compacted as densely as possible, and covered after each day of operation with a compacted layer of at least six inches of dirt. Approved receptacles shall be provided at places conveniently located throughout the activity, camping and parking areas, and at each food service facility for the deposition of solid wastes. If bulk solid waste storage containers are used, at least two, four cubic yard, containers shall be provided per 1,000 persons in the case of once-daily removal, and these containers shall be so located as to be accessible to solid waste service vehicles.
(16) Food dispensing. If food is to be dispensed, sanitary food dispensing facilities shall be provided at accessible and convenient locations, and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition. Perishable food items dispensed from such facilities shall be limited to prepackaged items, such as wrapped sandwiches, prepared in commercial establishments and under official sanitary supervision, and shall be dispensed in the unbroken packages; provided, that chicken, hamburgers, and frankfurters obtained from approved sources may be cooked and packaged at the site if all operations of preparation, cooking and packaging in unit packages for dispensing to individuals are done inside an approved structure or vehicle, in a sanitary manner, and otherwise in compliance with section 9 of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Sanitation of Restaurants and Other Foodhandling Establishments of the state board of health. Perishable foods shall be stored at or below 45 degrees Fahrenheit, or in the frozen sale, until heated or cooked immediately before serving.
(17) Insect and rodent control. There shall be no mosquito-breeding places, rodent harborages, or undrained areas on the premises. Necessary measures shall be taken to control flies, mosquitoes, rodents and other vermin.
(18) Post-gathering cleanup. Within one week after the end of the gathering, all sanitary landfills and any trenches or pits used for sewage or liquid waste disposal shall be covered with at least two feet of compacted earth material; and the areas and immediate surrounding properties shall be removed of all litter and solid wastes attributable to the mass gathering. In addition, any signs, litter and solid wastes on roads leading from the areas and within one mile of the areas and which can be attributed to the mass gathering shall be removed. All solid wastes shall be disposed of as provided in subsection (15) of this section. Unless otherwise directed by the owner of the property, all temporary facilities, such as waste receptacles and signs, shall be removed from the areas.
(19) Lighting. The application shall be accompanied by detailed plans for lighting designed to illuminate the site if night activity is planned. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(20) Signs. Signs shall be posted throughout the area showing the locations of toilet facilities, water supply outlets, solid waste receptacles, and food stands, if any, first aid facilities, and the command post. The permittee shall execute the plan.
(Ord. of 4-6-1987(2), § 2)