A. Approval; Issuance: A completed special event permit application shall be approved and a special event permit shall be issued to the applicant by the events coordinator upon approval by all affected departments and divisions in accordance with the provisions of and in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The events coordinator shall notify all affected departments and divisions of all special event permits issued pursuant to this chapter.
B. Reasons For Denial Specified: If a special event permit application is denied by the city, the events coordinator shall notify the applicant in writing of the reason or reasons for the denial.
C. Grounds For Denial: The events coordinator may deny a permit application for a special event if:
1. The proposed special event violates a law, ordinance, policy, procedure, or regulation related to the time, place, or manner of the proposed special event;
2. The proposed special event is not consistent with the intended nature and use of the requested city property unless the applicant demonstrates that there is no alternative forum by which the applicant may reach the intended audience with the same intended message.
3. The proposed special event is scheduled at a place and time that will disrupt or interfere with an already approved special event.
4. The proposed special event does not provide for adequate adult supervision for minors scheduled to participate.
5. The proposed location or facility is not adequate to accommodate the proposed special event, or the nature of the proposed special event is such that the city does not have sufficient resources available to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of special event participants or the general public.
6. The permit application contains a material falsehood or misrepresentation.
7. The applicant is legally incompetent to contract, or to sue and be sued.
8. The applicant has failed to pay a debt to the city for costs incurred during a prior special event.
9. The proposed special event poses a significant danger or threat to the public health, welfare, or safety, or may result in unreasonable inconvenience or cost to the public.
D. Conditional Issuance: The events coordinator may condition the issuance of a special events permit on the applicant satisfying conditions. For example, the events coordinator may require that the applicant provide adequate restroom facilities or security, or post a bond for clean up or other costs. Any conditions imposed on an applicant should be reasonable and necessary to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of special event participants and other people.
E. Contents Of Denial: If the events coordinator denies a permit application for a special event, he or she shall:
1. Specify in detail the basis for the denial by citing to the law, ordinance, policy, procedure, or regulation justifying the denial, and describe how the special event is not consistent with the cited provision; and
2. Describe how the burden on free speech, if any, brought about by the denial is necessary to facilitate the city's interest in protecting the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
F. Alternatives: In denying a permit application, the events coordinator, in consultation with other relevant city departments or divisions, may authorize an alternative special event permit at a date, time, location, or route different from that requested by the applicant. If the applicant desires to accept such alternative permit, it shall notify the events coordinator of such acceptance within three (3) days after receiving notice of the alternative permit, but no later than three (3) days before the scheduled special event.
G. Revocation: The events coordinator, in consultation with other relevant city departments or divisions, may revoke any permit upon violation of the conditions or standards for issuance. The events coordinator may also revoke a permit in the event of a declaration of emergency.
H. Dispersal Of Special Event: The chief of police may disperse a special event that is being conducted in a manner inconsistent with the conditions of the special event permit, or if the event is in violation of any federal, state, or local law.
I. Conflicting Applications; Priority Evaluation: When more than one application for a special event is received for the same day and time and for conflicting locations or routes, the events coordinator shall issue a permit, subject to the other provisions of this chapter, based on the following order of priorities:
1. Special events planned, organized or presented by state of Utah, Salt Lake County, federal, or city governmental entities or their agents if the request is made in good faith and not with the intent or purpose of improperly chilling constitutionally protected rights of competing applicants;
2. Historic usage special events where the same applicant has been granted use of a particular city forum at a particular date, time, and place for three (3) or more consecutive years;
3. If neither subsection I1 nor I2 of this section are applicable, priority shall be given to a first in time filing.
J. Consideration For Unsuccessful Applicant: After granting the successful applicant's request for the time, place, manner, and date, the events coordinator shall authorize the unsuccessful applicant to use an appropriate public forum at another suitable time, place, date, and manner. (Ord. 9-15, 2015)