Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this chapter:
BASIC RATE means the fee established by City Council resolution for using park property or facilities. The BASIC RATE is based on a fair share of that part of the overall cost of operating and maintaining the city's parks and facilities reasonably attributable to a permittee's use of city park facilities.
DIRECTOR means the Community Services Director, or designee.
EVENT means any of the following:
(1) Any activity in a park that is planned for, or carried out in a manner to attract, more than 100 people to attend or participate in the activity;
(2) Any activity in which the persons participating in or viewing the activity are charged a fee or solicited for donations;
(3) Any activity which includes the sale of food, beverages or merchandise, and/or the rental of equipment or other things; and
(4) Any activity where the nature of the activity necessitates reservation of a park, or portion thereof, before the activity for the applicant's exclusive use or where a permit applicant otherwise seeks to reserve a park, or portion thereof, before the activity for the applicant's exclusive use.
EVENT does not mean any of the following:
(1) Any activity conducted in a park or portion of such park that is sponsored or carried out by another public agency, a private organization, or an individual pursuant to a lease or other agreement between the city and such public agency, private organization, or individual;
(2) Filming at a park where the person filming possesses a filming permit issued pursuant to this Code; and
(3) Special events that use a park where the person conducting or sponsoring the special event possesses a special event permit issued pursuant to the Special Events Permit chapter of this Code.
FREE SPEECH means activity protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and/or Article 1, Section 2 of the California
Constitution provided that such activity is a significant part of the event.
IN WRITING means a telegram, facsimile, or any other written document.
PARK means any city park or park facility operated or maintained by the recreation and parks department including, without limitation, baseball fields and playgrounds, but does not include golf courses.
PERMITTEE means a person or entity to which the city issues a permit pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 1128, passed 12-20-04)