(a) Protection. No license shall be granted unless the evidence at the hearing shows that the applicant has adopted a program and plans which he has the reasonable capability of carrying out which provide the necessary protection for the health, safety, and general welfare of persons and property in the County, including spectators and participants, the County itself, and owners of property adjoining the outdoor festival site, which protection shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) The site of the outdoor festival shall be owned by the applicant, or the written consent of all owners thereof for the proposed use shall be obtained.
(2) Water for human consumption shall be provided in a manner and amount as is approved by the Public Health Director sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(3) Portable or permanent sanitary facilities sufficient to serve the anticipated spectators and participants shall be provided in a ratio to be determined by the Public Health Director, and in at least a minimum number set by the Board based upon such ratio.
(4) Parking areas necessary to serve the expected spectators or participants shall be provided, together with provisions for the grading, marking, and separation of the area by physical barriers from the area where patrons will watch the performance, together with provisions for parking attendants at the entrances and exits and within the parking lots.
(5) Interior access ways shall be provided for the availability of emergency vehicles, such as ambulance, fire, or police, together with their clear delineation by means of buffers on the ground, and the occupation of any such buffer space by patrons shall be prohibited.
(6) Medical and first aid facilities shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(7) Parking areas and interior private police protection shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(8) Fire protection and fire safety measures shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(9) Adequate lighting shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(10) Public liability and property damage insurance shall be provided in a reasonable amount.
(11) Provision shall be made for a cleanup of the premises and adjoining property of the litter and garbage resulting from the festival.
(12) An emergency communications system shall be provided.
(13) Food supplies and facilities shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(14) If it is proposed or expected that spectators or participants will remain at night or overnight, arrangements for camping or similar facilities shall be provided sufficient for such service.
(15) Adequate plans shall be made to provide for numbers of spectators in excess of the estimate.
(16) Any temporary or permanent structures, including, but not limited to, bandstands or staging, shall be structurally adequate for the purpose for which they are used.
(17) Policing, with particular emphasis on the control and prevention of alcoholic beverage and drug consumption, shall be provided sufficient to serve the expected spectators or participants.
(b) Conditions. The Board may impose conditions to be performed at the applicant’s expense when the evidence shows that such conditions are necessary to secure compliance with the standards required by the provisions of this chapter and may require security for the performance of these conditions.
(c) Security against loss. Security required by the Board may include the posting of an indemnity bond and/or a performance bond in favor of the County in connection with the operation of a public outdoor festival as defined in Section 5-12.01 of this chapter. Such bonds shall be prepared by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in the State by the Department of Insurance in an amount determined by the Board. Such bonds shall indemnify the County, its agents, officers, employees, and the Board, against any and all loss, injury, and damage of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with such outdoor festival and shall indemnify against loss, injury, and damage to both persons and property.
(d) Security: Cleanup. The Board may also require the applicant to provide a corporate surety bond prepared by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in the State by the Department of Insurance indemnifying the County and the owners of property adjoining the outdoor festival site for all costs necessitated by such activity to clean up and/or remove debris, trash, garbage, or other waste from, in, and around the premises. Such a bond shall be in an amount determined by the Board as in its discretion will adequately provide for such indemnification. (§ 1, Ord. 627, eff. January 19, 1970)