(a) First Priority Use. The City hereby establishes a first priority use for the Community Center that City-sponsored or co-sponsored functions, Trotwood-Madison School District sponsored or co-sponsored functions and other federal, state and local government sponsored or co-sponsored functions utilizing the Community Center shall represent a first priority. In such cases of first priority no fee charge shall be assessed.
(b) Second Priority Use. The City hereby establishes as second priority the use by all private and/or general social functions utilizing the Community Center in accordance with the following rate schedule:
(1) Ballroom use. All residents and nonresidents of the City shall be charged the rate as established by Council from time to time. A deposit fee for the use of the ballroom shall be as established by Council from time to time for residents and nonresidents.
(2) Meeting room. The meeting room at the Community Center shall be rented to residents and nonresidents of the City at a rate as established by Council from time to time. A deposit fee for the use of the meeting room shall be as established by Council from time to time for residents and nonresidents.
(3) Kitchen. The kitchen at the Community Center shall be rented to residents and nonresidents of the City at a rate as established by Council from time to time.
(c) Third Priority Use. The third priority use for the Community Center shall be as follows:
Any service organization with its principal place of organization located within the City, and whose active membership consists of more than fifty percent (50%) City residents, shall not be charged for the use of the Community Center for regularly scheduled business meetings, if such regularly scheduled business meetings are submitted to the City Manager and Program Co-Ordinator in advance with thirty days' written notice, and such business meetings are conducted at such times, dates and intervals when the Community Center is not in use under the first and/or second priority use above. All such use by City service organizations shall be within the regularly scheduled business hours of 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
(Ord. 19-98. Passed 9-21-98.)
(d) There is hereby established a committee consisting of the City Manager, Law Director and a member of Council selected by a majority vote of Council. The committee, by majority vote of its members, shall have the authority to grant waivers of the fees established for use of the Community Center. Such waivers shall be granted only to service and other organizations with their principal place of organization located within the City and who meet the following criteria:
(1) The organization shall have as its principal purpose the promotion of the health, welfare, safety, education, recreation or general well being of a significant portion of the citizens of the City;
(2) The organization shall have been in existence for at least five years;
(3) The organization must establish that a financial hardship exists which justifies the waiver.
The decision of the committee regarding the granting of waivers shall be final and not subject to appeal to the Council. (Ord. 16-99. Passed 4-5-99.)
(e) Any person or organization providing false information regarding the residing of an individual or the residing of members of an organization to City officials in order to obtain use of the Community Center at a lower fee or no fee shall be prohibited from using the Community Center for any purpose for a period of one year.
(Ord. 19-98. Passed 9-21-98.)