(A) Any person or organization desiring to conduct or organize a special event in the city shall first obtain a special event permit from the City Administrator.
(B) Any applicant who desires to conduct or organize a special event shall submit a complete application for a special event permit, including a site plan depicting existing facilities and proposed temporary facilities and activities, as soon as possible prior to the scheduled start of the special event, but shall submit such application at least 60 days prior to the scheduled start of the special event.
(1) If the special event will have minimal impact on city resources and will not vary from occurrence to occurrence, multiple occurrences within the same calendar year may be included in a single application.
(2) The City Administrator may, at his or her discretion, and in consideration of traffic circulation, security, safety, parking, or all of these, deny the issuance of a special event permit in the event two or more such events are proposed to occur on the same day.
(a) In the event such aforementioned determination is made, application approval preference shall be granted to an exempt organization under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(b) In the event two or more exempt organizations under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 propose to conduct a special event on the same day, preference will be given to the exempt organization that first completed an application.
(C) The City Administrator shall review the application for completeness and notify the applicant of any incomplete items within five working days of the receipt of the application.
(1) The City Administrator shall approve, approve with modifications or conditions, or deny the application within ten working days of receipt of a complete application.
(2) The City Administrator may deny the issuance of a special event permit to an applicant based on the considerations detailed by § 98.05.
(3) A decision of the City Administrator to deny an application under this division shall be subject to appeal to the City Council.
(D) The required permit must be displayed at the site in a conspicuous location for the duration of the function.
(Ord. 697, passed 7-10-2018) Penalty, see § 98.99