(A) No permit shall be denied based solely on the applicant or content of protected speech scheduled to occur at a special event. No permit shall be denied nor shall the applicant be given less favorable consideration as to time, manner, or place based upon: race, color, creed, religion, gender, domestic relationship status, parental status, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or political affiliation of the applicant and/or participants of the special event.
(B) All denials shall be in writing and shall state the specific reason for such denial. The denial shall be provided in person to the applicant or shall be mailed to the applicant or other designated person on the permit application.
(C) The Mayor's designee, in denying an application for an event permit shall, where possible, propose measures to cure the defects in the permit.
(D) The permit may be denied issuance if:
(1) The special event will conflict in time or location with another special event or event or the ordinary course of business of city businesses.
(2) The applicant fails to comply with, or the special event will violate any city ordinance or any other applicable law.
(3) The applicant makes or allows the making of a false or misleading statement or omission of material fact on a special event application.
(4) The applicant has violated this chapter or has had a special events permit revoked within the preceding 12 months.
(5) The applicant fails to provide proof of a license or permit required by any city ordinance or by other applicable law for the special event.
(6) The applicant fails to provide proof that the insurance requirements for the special event have been met.
(7) The special event would severely hinder the delivery of normal or emergency public services or constitutes a public threat.
(8) The special event would otherwise infringe upon the health, welfare or safety of the community.
(E) A special event permit shall be revoked upon the following conditions:
(1) If the Police Chief, Fire Chief, risk manager, building official or other city official, or their designated representatives, find that any of the provisions of this chapter, city ordinance, special event rule or regulation, or other applicable law is being violated, they shall immediately notify the Mayor's designee and based on that information, the Mayor's designee shall determine whether the special event permit shall be revoked.
(2) When, in the judgment of any of the above-named city officials, a violation exists which requires immediate abatement, the city official shall have authority to revoke a special event permit in the absence or unavailability of the City Clerk or Mayor's designee.
(3) The applicant made or allowed to be made a false or misleading statement or omission of material fact on a special event application that was not discovered until after the special event permit was issued.
(4) It is discovered the special event would violate an ordinance, law or otherwise infringe upon the health, welfare or safety of the community.
(Ord. 679, passed 6-5-2024)