The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this city by regulating the time, place and manner of conduct of special events and by establishing license requirements for conducting special events such as are herein defined. The City Council finds that special events often exceed the city’s capacity to provide usual city services. These city services include, but are not limited to sanitary, fire, police and utility services. The City Council also finds these regulations necessary to ensure that the events are conducted with sufficient consideration given to public safety issues, including, among other things, the impact of these events on parking and vehicular traffic within the city.
(Ord. 03-07, passed 4-23-2007; Am. Ord. 03-16, passed 6-13-2016)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. A natural person, association, organization, club, group formed for a common purpose, partnership of any kind, limited liability company, corporation or any other legal entity.
SPECIAL EVENT. An outdoor gathering of at least 50 individuals whether on public or private property, assembled with a common purpose for a period of one hour or longer. SPECIAL EVENTS include, but are not limited to concerts, fairs, carnivals, circuses, parades, open air markets, marathons, walkathons, festivals, races, bicycle events, celebrations or any other gathering or events of similar nature. SPECIAL EVENTS do not include noncommercial events held on private property such as graduation parties or social parties.
(Ord. 03-07, passed 4-23-2007; Am. Ord. 01-11, passed 1-24-2011)
In addition to the general licensing application requirements included in § 601.02, each written application for a special event license must be made at least 45 days in advance of the event’s proposed date in a form prescribed by the City Council. This application period shall not begin to run until a complete application has been filed with the city. Application forms shall be made available in the office of the City Clerk. A fee, in the amount specified in the city fee schedule, shall be paid to the city along with the completed application form. In addition to the fee, the applicant shall pay all additional costs incurred by the city as a direct result of the special event. Nonprofit entities, as defined as § 501(c) or (d) by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, shall be exempt from payment of the license application fee but not from city incurred costs. Failure to provide a complete application or to pay the fee, as herein required, is sufficient reason to deny the special event license.
(Ord. 03-07, passed 4-23-2007; Am. Ord. 03-16, passed 6-13-2016)
Cross-reference:
City fee schedule, see § 218.01
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