(A) The City Manager or Council may approve, approve with conditions or deny an application for a special event permit.
(B) In determining the required amount of general liability insurance coverage, the City Manager will consider, consistent with recognized insurance and risk management standards, whether the proposed special event falls into a demonstrated high or low risk category and may authorize a greater or lesser amount or different type of coverage than otherwise set by Council resolution.
(C) Decisions by the City Manager under division (A) above will be in writing and may contain information or conditions relevant to the special event on:
(1) The location or specific route;
(2) The dates and start, disbanding and finish times;
(3) The minimum and maximum speeds for involved vehicles, whether motorized or non- motorized;
(4) The portion of the right-of-way to be used or occupied;
(5) The anticipated number of persons, animals, vehicles, musical and sound production equipment expected to participate;
(6) The amount and type of insurance coverage required;
(7) The traffic-control plan, including the type, number and location of traffic-control devices and personnel;
(8) The intended provision of equipment and services to protect participants, spectators and the public health and safety the provision for medical and sanitation services; and
(9) Such other information or conditions that the City Manager believes necessary, including a requirement that a person responsible for the special event be present during its operating hours.
(D) The issuance of a special event permit confers the right to control and regulate activities within the special event venue consistent with the terms of the special event permit only.
(E) Persons authorized by an organizer to engage in activities covered by the special event permit must receive and thereafter display written authorization.
(F) Issuance of a special event permit neither obligates nor requires the city to provide any support to the special event.
(Prior Code, § 5.20.155) (Ord. 177, passed 6-19-1989; Ord. 205, passed 12-2-1991; Ord. 210, passed 6-1-1992; Ord. 272, passed 3-6-2000; Ord. 399, passed 10-17-2011)