As used in this chapter:
APPLICANT, PROMOTER OR SPONSOR: The person making application for a permit to plan and operate a special event within the city of Twin Falls. As used herein, the applicant, promoter and sponsor may be used interchangeably and the requirements of this chapter and any administrative regulations shall be enforced against the applicant, promoter and sponsor.
EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCES: Government, public health and safety personnel, equipment or other resources which would not, in the absence of the special event, be required or expended.
INSURANCE: A general liability policy and, if necessary, an automobile liability policy for each permitted event in the amount designated within this chapter written by an insurer authorized by the state of Idaho to write insurance policies and kept continuously in force for the full term of the permit.
LICENSING OFFICER: The chief of police or his/her designee.
PARADE: Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, walk-a-thon or procession of any kind consisting of persons, animals or vehicles, or a combination thereof, or any similar display, in or upon any street, park or other public place in the city.
PARK: Any and all lands, buildings, reserves, sports complexes, swimming pools, golf courses, trails and other special places that are publicly owned, operated or maintained.
PERMITTEE: A person having a city permit in full force and effect issued hereunder to plan and operate a special event within the city of Twin Falls.
PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or any organization of any kind.
PROJECTED ATTENDEES AND PARTICIPANTS: The estimated number of persons who will attend or participate, are reasonably likely to attend or participate, or are expected to attend or participate in a special event. The number estimate should consider the type and format of the special event, the size and location of the event, any prior events which were similar, including the special event history itself if it is an annual event or part of a series of gatherings or events, and the entertainment, if any, planned.
SIDEWALK: Any area or way set aside or open to the general public for purposes of pedestrian traffic, whether or not it is paved.
SPECIAL EVENT: A preplanned single gathering, event or series of related consecutive daily gatherings or events of an entertainment, cultural, recreational, educational, political, religious or sporting nature, or of any other nature that:
(A) Is expected to draw five hundred (500) or more persons at any session as participants or spectators and is proposed to be held at a park;
(B) Impacts city streets, sidewalks, parks and common areas, or city resources;
(C) Unless otherwise permitted to do so, propose to sell or serve alcohol publicly; or
(D) Intends to broadcast amplified sound or generate unusual noise.
Examples of special events include, by way of illustration and without limitation, these types of events: concerts, dances, assemblages, processions, parades, circuses, fairs, festivals, block parties, community events, mass participation sports (such as, marathons and running events, bicycle races or tours, sports tournaments), other organized activity conducted for a common or collective use.
Excluded from this requirement are venues that are permitted to hold such activities by the property's zoning or through an approved special use permit.
STREET: Any place or way set aside or open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, including any berm or shoulder parkway, right of way, or median strip thereof. (Ord. 2986, 6-21-2010; amd. Ord. 3092, 3-16-2015)