(a) Any person desiring to hold a special event shall apply for a special event permit by filing with the Planning Commission a written application therefor upon a form provided for that purpose. Each application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of thirty dollars ($30.00). An application must be filed not less than seventy days before the special event is to begin. The Commission may waive the seventy-day filing requirement if the Commission determines that the application can be processed in less than seventy days, taking into consideration the number and type of permits required to be issued in conjunction with the special event permit.
(b) An application must contain the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant and of any other person responsible for the conduct of the special event;
(2) A description of the special event and requested dates and hours of operation for the event;
(3) The estimated number of persons to participate in the special event;
(4) A sketch showing the area to be used during the special event, together with proposed structures, tents, fences, barricades, signs, banners and restroom facilities;
(5) Provisions for parking, with a designation of where “No Parking” signs will be used;
(6) Details of how the applicant proposes to provide security and traffic control;
(7) The time and location of street closings, if any are requested;
(8) Details of the sale of merchandise or the sale or serving of food or alcoholic beverages at the special event, designating any street vendors or peddlers involved;
(9) A description of animals to be used in the special event, if any;
(10) Details of how the applicant will clean up the area of the special event after it has ended, if on public property; and
(11) Proof that the applicant possesses or is able to obtain all licenses and permits required by these Codified Ordinances or other City ordinances or by State law for the conduct of the special event.
(c) Upon receipt of the completed application, the Planning Commission shall forward a copy of the application to the Police Division, the Health Division, the Fire Division, the Division of Building Engineering and Inspection and the Public Service Department. Each department or division shall review the application and return it, with any comments, to the Planning Commission within ten working days of receipt.
(d) The departments, divisions and Planning Commission may prescribe licenses and permits required by other City ordinances or applicable law, restrictions, regulations, costs for City services, safeguards and other conditions necessary for the safe and orderly conduct of a special event, to be incorporated into the permit before issuance.
(e) A deposit of one-half of the estimated costs required to be paid to the City as a result of a special event must be received by the Planning Commission not less than five days before the date of the special event as shown on the special event permit.
(f) After reviewing the application and departmental and divisional comments, the Planning Commission shall issue the special event permit unless denial is required by Section 705.08. A special event permit will be issued for a period not to exceed ten consecutive days. A separate permit is required for each ten-day period during which a special event will be conducted.
(Ord. 93-11. Passed 4-20-93.)