(a) The Department of Recreation and Parks, Council and City officials, boards and commissions are permitted to use the Community Center for any Municipal purpose or function free of charge.
(Ord. 1990-14. Passed 3-26-90.)
(b) A refundable fifty dollar ($50.00) damage deposit shall be charged to each group contracting for regular meetings in the Community Center. Private parties utilizing Room D require a one hundred dollar ($100.00) security deposit. Private parties utilizing Rooms B and C require a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) security deposit. No group shall contract for more than one meeting per week. Contracts shall be for one-year periods.
Organizations using the Community Center for regularly scheduled meetings shall be required to keep a security deposit on file with the City for as long as they use the Community Center.
The rental fees (and blocks of hours available) for the rooms of the Community Center are:
Room | Number of Hours Needed | Rate |
D | 4 | $225.00 |
D | 6 | $275.00 |
D | 8 | $325.00 |
B and C (together only) | 4 | $150.00 |
B and C (together only) | 6 | $200.00 |
B and C (together only) | 8 | $250.00 |
A | 4 | N/A |
A | 6 | N/A |
A | 8 | N/A |
(c) No rental fee will be charged for regular meetings for any room Monday through Thursday for contracted senior adults, youth groups and the local Democratic and Republican clubs, no more than once a week. Rates for Friday evening beginning at 6:00 p.m. through Sunday will not be free of charge.
(d) (1) There will be a thirty-five dollar ($35.00) rental fee per regular meeting, Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m., for Room A, B or C, for other contracted adult groups for up to four hours, and a sixty dollar ($60.00) rental fee for four to eight hours.
(2) There will be a fifty dollar ($50.00) rental fee per regular meeting, Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. for rooms B and C together for other contracted adult groups for up to four hours and a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) rental fee for four to eight hours.
(e) There will be a rental fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per regular meeting, Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m., for Room D for contracted groups for up to four hours, and a one hundred dollar ($100.00) rental fee for four to eight hours.
(f) Fees and charges set forth in this section are intended to offset expenses for services rendered.
(Ord. 1990-14. Passed 3-26-90.)
(g) Nonprofit, charitable, service and handicapped groups whose memberships are composed of at least fifty percent Mayfield Heights residents shall only pay seventy-five percent of the fees and deposits as specified previously in this section if such use takes place Monday through 6:00 p.m. Friday. Senior groups and youth groups shall utilize the facilities without charge from Monday through 6:00 p.m. Friday. Any group utilizing the facility from 6:00 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday shall pay the regular rate with no exceptions.
(Ord. 1990-41. Passed 6-27-90.)
(h) The Recreation Director will automatically request that a security deposit refund be granted to the permit holder once the event concludes, unless there is a problem with the Community Center as determined by the Recreation Director. A check will be issued by the Finance Department and will be mailed approximately thirty days after use of the facility.
(i) The cost of repairing any damage to the Community Center or its contents shall be charged directly to the permit holder in occupancy at the time of the damage. Such cost will be charged against the security deposit. Any cost over and above the security deposit will be the responsibility of the permit holder.
(j) Any violation of Community Center rules and regulations may result in forfeiture of the total security deposit.
(Ord. 1999-23. Passed 10-11-99; Ord. 2003-18. Passed 7-14-03; Ord. 2010-26. Passed 12-13-10; Ord. 2011-16. Passed 10-10-11.)