(a) Each permit application shall be accompanied by the application fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to reimburse the City for its administrative costs, including set-up and inspections. The application fee, at the Public Safety/Service Director's discretion, may be refunded only if no permit is issued. Written notice of the denial of the permit application must be provided to the event sponsor no less than seventy two hours (72) hours prior to the date of the proposed event.
(b) All applications shall include a security deposit in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the provision of safety forces, city services, and all other expenditures related to the parade or special event. Applicant shall provide to the Public Safety/Service Director an itemized estimate of expenses prior to the parade or special event. Within thirty (30) days of the event, all direct and indirect costs will be calculated for all City services and the applicant will be invoiced for the total amount due, less the credit of the security deposit amount of $1,000.00. Payment in full payable to the City of Lorain will be due thirty (30) days from date of invoicing or as otherwise indicated. See annual rate schedule published by the Safety/Service Director's Office for annual rates. The amount refunded (if any) shall be based upon actual costs incurred by the City of Lorain.
(c) Any person, organization or entity applying for a permit under this section shall obtain liability insurance naming the City of Lorain as an insured, with an agency authorized to write liability insurance in this State providing coverage in each occurrence subject to a limit, exclusive of interests and costs, of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in case of property damage, bodily injury to or death of a person as a result of or in relation to such event as set forth above.
(Ord. 116-16. Passed 11-7-16.)