By applying for or receiving any block party permit, or by conducting, attending or participating in any block party pursuant to such a permit, the applicant(s) for such permit accept responsibility to ensure that the block party is conducted in accordance with all applicable ordinances and regulations of the village, including but not limited to the provisions of this chapter, and acknowledge that the applicant(s) may be held responsible for any violations of any applicable ordinances and regulations of the village, including but not limited to the provisions of this chapter, that occur during the conduct of the block party. All persons attending any block party pursuant to a duly issued block party permit shall likewise, by their attendance accept responsibility for complying with all applicable ordinances and regulations of the village in connection therewith. Without limiting or modifying the foregoing, all block parties shall specifically be required to comply with the regulations hereinafter set forth in this section, and all block party permits issued by the village are issued subject to compliance therewith:
(A) Block parties may only be conducted on streets classified under the Village Zoning Code as “residential streets”, and shall not be held on any village streets classified under the Village Zoning Code as arterial streets or collector streets.
(B) The village shall determine the number of barricades required in connection with any given block party, and shall deliver the same to the residence of one of the permit applicants by 5:00 p.m. of the last weekday prior to the proposed block party, excluding village holidays.
(C) Only village-issued barricades shall be used to close any village street for the conduct of a block party, and no motor vehicles or other items shall be used for such purpose.
(D) No physical alteration of any type whatsoever may be made to any village street, right-of-way, easement or other property in connection with any block party.
(E) No tents, canopies, stages, inflatable play structures/devices or other like items or structures shall be placed on any village street, right-of-way, easement or other property in connection with any block party.
(F) No more than one block, measured as the distance between the two nearest cross streets intersecting the street that is the location of a block party, may be barricaded or closed off in connection with a block party, and not more than one block on any residential street within the village shall be the subject of an active block party permit at any given time.
(G) All garbage, refuse, litter and debris or other materials remaining within any village street or upon any other village right-of-way, easement or property after the conclusion of the block party shall be cleaned up and removed from the village street or right-of-way on or before the scheduled end time of the block party, and the barricades shall likewise be removed and the street or right- of-way fully reopened to vehicular traffic on or before the scheduled end time of the block party.
(H) All block parties must conclude by 11:30 p.m. on the date on which the block party is scheduled to be held.
(I) No block party permit shall be issued for more than one day, and no block party permits shall be issued for consecutive days for the same block.
(J) No block party attendees shall engage in any conduct that would constitute disorderly conduct under § 134.01 of the Village Code of Ordinances, except that the provisions of § 134.01(C) shall be inapplicable to any person attending a block party pursuant to a duly issued block party permit while such permit remains in full force and effect.
(K) Block party applicants shall ensure that barricades used to close off or block off a street for a block party are monitored and staffed by volunteers at all times to move barricades as requested to permit access for fire, ambulance/EMS, law enforcement, REMA, Public Works, and other public safety personnel of the village or other agencies, and to permit pedestrian or vehicular access for block residents and their guests or invitees.
(L) Block party applicants shall ensure that a drive aisle of approximately 12 feet in width is maintained within the closed/barricaded street for access for fire, ambulance/EMS, law enforcement, REMA, Public Works, and other public safety personnel of the village or other agencies having jurisdiction.
(M) No sale of alcoholic beverages for any form of consideration shall be permitted in connection with the conduct of any block party, and no minor shall possess or consume alcoholic beverages at, during or in connection with any block party.
(N) All block party permit applicants shall remain in attendance at the block party for the entirety of its scheduled duration.
(O) No persons attending any block party shall make any loud noises or create any disturbances that constitute a nuisance to the public not in attendance at the block party, and the applicants for any block party permit shall likewise ensure that any live or recorded music played in connection with any block party is kept at a volume that does not create a nuisance for members of the public not in attendance at the block party.
(P) No fireplaces, fire pits or other like devices shall be placed or operated within any street or public property, but charcoal or propane grills may be used upon the pavement of any public street during a block party.
(Ord. 15-1176, passed 2-4-15)