The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ASSEMBLY. Any event designed, promoted or conducted in order to encourage the gathering of people upon public property at a specified location and shall include any farmer’s market, flea market, ceremony, show, demonstration, exhibition, street dance, pageant, party, circus, concert, sporting event, game or similar activity, except that a residential block event or parade shall not be considered an assembly for the purposes of this chapter.
PARADE. A procession of any kind, which moves from place to place upon public property along a specified route and shall include any march, race, walk-a-thon, bike-a-thon, demonstration, or similar activity.
PARTIAL CLOSURE. Any limitations to the normally allowed vehicular traffic on a Village street, including but not limited to the temporarily limiting of parking to one side of a street or roadway.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any park, street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or parking lot owned, controlled or managed by the Village.
RESIDENTIAL BLOCK EVENT. Any event, including parades, designed, promoted or conducted in order to encourage a gathering of residents of a block upon a local street, or the sidewalks or parkways abutting a local street at a specified location within an area zoned R1 or R2 where the sponsors of such event reside in the block where such gathering takes place.
SPECIAL EVENT. Any residential block event, assembly, or parade held on public property as defined in this chapter in which 50 or more people are expected to attend, or any event which will necessitate the closure of Village streets, or the interference with vehicular traffic upon Village streets . SPECIAL EVENT shall not include events for which all participants use sidewalks, observe traffic safety and safety regulations and do not interfere with the safe and orderly movement of pedestrians, vehicles and funeral processions.
SPONSOR. The person who has applied for a permit under this chapter. The SPONSOR shall be the person to whom the permit is issued.
VILLAGE SPONSORED EVENT. Any special event that has been explicitly designated by resolution of the Village of Roscoe Board of Trustees as a Village sponsored event.
(Ord. 2015-33, passed 9-1-2015)