A. Reservations: Reservation of parks and recreation facilities may be made in advance of the date of the proposed use of the facility, beginning the first business day of each new year, subject to the following exceptions and restrictions:
1. An organization, group, individual or business cannot reserve a park shelter or nonsports field portion of a park more often than once per month during any April 15 to October 15 yearly seasonal reservation period. However, such organization, group, individual or business may reserve a park shelter or nonsports field portion of a park for one additional day during any April 15 to October 15 yearly seasonal reservation period.
2. An organization, group, individual or business cannot reserve the meeting room at the Community Recreation Center more often than once per month during any January to December calendar year period. However, such organization, group, individual or business may reserve the meeting room at the Community Recreation Center for two (2) additional days during any January to December calendar year period.
3. No permanent rental or assignment of any facility shall be made to any individual, group, organization or business.
B. Use Denial: The City of Pocatello, through the Parks and Recreation Director and/or designee, reserves the right to approve and/or deny any/all requests for use of parks and recreation facilities for any of the following reasons, which are not intended to be an exhaustive list:
1. Unavailability of requested times;
2. Hazardous conditions of the facility;
3. Annual park and/or field maintenance or emergency repairs;
4. Past violations by applicant of City regulations pertaining to use of facilities;
5. Activity requested is not allowed by City ordinance, or is deemed as a nonappropriate use of, or not in the best interest of City facility, as determined by Parks and Recreation Director or his/her designee.
C. Amenities, Activities: Parks and recreation facilities may not be used for the purpose of conducting amusement park/carnival type activities and services, including, but not limited to: bounce houses/inflatables, laser tag, dunk tanks, water slides, etc.
1. However, permission of one or more of the above amenities/activities during permitted facility use either by the permit holder personally, or by an insured third party vendor secured by the permit holder, may be approved on a case by case basis at the discretion of the Parks and Recreation Director or his/her designee under the following conditions:
a. A single occurrence and privately attended facility reservation, in which the general public is not solicited, invited or allowed to attend or participate (for example: a birthday party, church function, family reunion, etc.) may be permitted.
(1) Additional fees and insurance requirements may apply.
b. Single and multiple day special events may also be approved at the sole discretion of the Parks and Recreation Director or his/her designee.
(1) Additional fees and insurance requirements may apply.
D. Conflicting Use: Parks and recreation facilities may not be used for the purpose of conducting ongoing activities that are in conflict with the original designed and intended use of the facility. (Ord. 3021, 2019: Ord. 2981, 2017)
12.36.027: ON-GOING COMMERCIAL/FOR-PROFIT USE OF CITY FACILITIES:
Commercial/for-profit use of City facilities on an on-going basis shall be subject to City staff and/or City Council approval on a case by case basis, and shall be administered per terms and conditions of section 12.36.028, "Contracted Programs And Services", of this chapter.
A. On-going use shall be defined as:
1. Events/functions/programs taking place during all or parts of more than two (2) weeks in any one month period; and/or
2. Events/functions/programs taking place during all or parts of more than three (3) weeks in any continuous two (2) to three (3) month period.
B. Non-profit users shall provide proof of non-profit status in the form of 501-C3 certification. (Ord. 3021, 2019)