(A) In order to obtain a permit to set up, hold, or promote any mass gathering, the promoters must file a written application under oath.
(B) They must, in said application, set forth in detail how they will meet the following standards.
(1) Parking facilities. Parking facilities, off public roadways, shall be provided to fully serve all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of no more than 100 passenger cars per usable acre or 40 buses per usable acre; if leased land is included, copies of all leases must be submitted with the application.
(2) Transportation facilities. Transportation arrangements from non-contiguous parking facilities to the site shall fully serve all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of no less than 5,000 persons per hour.
(3) Privy requirements. Privy construction and location shall not constitute a threat to surface or underground water pollution. Such facilities shall be designed to fully serve all reasonable anticipated requirements at a rate of no more the 100 persons per lavatory. All such facilities shall be provided in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state’s Department of Public Health and the TCHD. Such facilities are to be inspected by the TCHD prior to the mass gathering.
(4) Drinking water requirements. One pint of safe drinkable water per person, per hour, at the maximum estimated hourly attendance, shall be provided and shall meet the approved water supply standards of the state’s Department of Public Health and the TCHD as applied to interstate traffic. Internal water distribution shall meet the requirements of the state’s Plumbing Code. Such water distribution shall be inspected by the TCHD prior to the mass gathering.
(5) Refuse collection. Internal storage and collection of refuse shall be provided and shall not constitute a threat to surface or underground water pollution. A large dumpster container shall be unitized as a means of collection. A refuse disposal site approved by the state’s Environmental Protection Agency and the TCHD shall be provided; the premises and immediate surrounding properties shall be cleaned within 48 hours after the event.
(6) First aid facilities. Emergency first aid facilities with qualified staff, including at least one doctor and two registered nurses and sufficient auxiliary personnel, who have passed the Red Cross First Aid Course, and also including ambulance service from a daily licensed provider.
(7) Food service facilities. Food service facilities shall meet the state’s Department of Public Health and/or the TCHD food establishment requirements, including the mandatory dispensing of food and liquids using single service, disposal material, shall be provided to fully serve all reasonable anticipated requirements. All food service facilities shall be inspected by the Department and shall meet or exceed health requirements.
(8) Lighting requirements. The site shall be provided with adequate light to illuminate the entire site at all times. All lighting shall be controlled so as not to reflect on any area beyond the boundary of said site.
(9) Noise level requirements. Amplifying equipment shall control the noise level at the perimeter of the premises as described in § 92.04(C), to no more than 70 decibels on the “A” scale of sound level meter which meets the specifications of the American National Standards Institute.
(10) Entertainment. No entertainment activity governed hereby shall be located within 500 feet of any occupied dwelling unless:
(a) The County Board determines that the area to be specifically used by the activity is adequately buffered from all residential development;
(b) A written waiver has been filed with the County Board by occupants of each dwelling within 500 feet of the proposed entertainment activity area, excepting such dwelling as are found by the County Board to be adequately buffered; or
(c) In the event all entertainment activity shall be discontinued at 1:00 a.m. and shall not resume until after 10:00 a.m.
(11) Security requirements. Security enforcement, including prevention of the unlawful use of alcohol, marijuana, narcotics, or dangerous drugs at the site, and methods for limiting the size of the proposed function to the number of participants for which the facilities are designed shall be used. Security enforcement shall include external as well as internal crowd control and sufficient guards for crowd control and security enforcement shall be provided.
(12) Space requirements. At least 50 square feet per person shall be available at the site, excluding areas used for sanction, food dispensing and parking, and facilities to protect attendees from the elements shall be provided if it can be reasonably anticipated that the attendees will remain at the site overnight.
(13) Determining performance bond. Bond as provided for in § 92.05 shall be in the amount of $10 multiplied by the number of persons anticipated to be in attendance, but in any event, not less than $50,000 nor more than $300,000.
(14) Insurance requirements. Insurance as provided for in § 92.06 shall be in the minimum amount of $25,000 per person and $500 multiplied by the number of persons anticipated to be in attendance, per occurrence as to bodily injury or death, and $20 multiplied by the number of persons anticipated to be in attendance as to property damage.
(15) Access road requirements. A site location of sufficient size shall be provided so as to accommodate the anticipated number of persons to be in attendance and with a sufficient number of access roads of a width and quality so as to permit free and easy access to and from the site by emergency vehicles and those in attendance.
(16) Removal of debris. The promoters shall guarantee the removal of debris and material from the privies provided for in division (B)(3) above within 48 hours after the end of the mass gathering. Such guarantee shall be evidenced by a copy of a contract between the promoters and the refuse disposal company who will remove said debris and material.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 5-3)