(a) Organizations planning to hold regattas, races, marine parades or special events in the harbor shall submit detailed plans of such events to the Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor.
(b) The detailed plans shall include the following:
(1) Name and address of the organization and person representing the organization.
(2) Nature and purpose of the event.
(3) Information as to the general public interest.
(4) Estimated number and types of vessels participating.
(5) Estimated number and types of spectator vessels.
(6) A time schedule and description of the events.
(7) A section of a chart or scaled drawing showing the boundaries of the event, various water courses or areas to be utilized by participants, officials and spectator vessels.
(c) Detailed plans shall be submitted not less than fifteen days prior to the start of the event unless such event is of a nature as to involve limitations on the use of a portion of the harbor by other interested parties, in which case the plan shall be submitted not less than sixty days prior to the start of the proposed event.
(1952 Code § 22-3-11; Ord. 129-62)
(d) No person or organization shall conduct any regatta, race, marine parade or other special event upon the waters of the harbor without written permission of the Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor.
(e) If events are to be held in the downtown section of the Maumee River between the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anthony Wayne Bridges, event requests must first be directed to the Riverfront Coordinator, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, Ohio 43604-1866, (419) 243-8251.
(f) The Riverfront Coordinator, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, shall review the request and give a written recommendation to the Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor before the Commissioner issues the permit for the event.
(Ord. 416-89. Passed 5-9-89.)