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Chapter 10.23A
Section 10.23A.050
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Chapter 10.23A Amusement Facilities

Section 10.23A.050 Special Regulations for Circuses, Carnivals, Concerts, and Dances

  1. An applicant for a permit under this section must make application at least thirty days prior to the date of the proposed event.

  2. The applicant must demonstrate that no principal, manager, or person having a proprietary interest in the event has a criminal history related to such person’s fitness to conduct the event, including specifically crimes of moral turpitude.

  3. If the event requires any special physical facilities, the applicant must furnish specific plans with the application.

  4. The applicant must show the character, number, and location of all potable water and other drinking, food, toilet, lavatory, waste collection, and emergency medical facilities available and to be provided.

  5. The applicant must show plans for traffic and crowd control by commissioned City police officers at the ratio of one traffic-control officer and one crowd-control officer for every two hundred persons expected to attend.

  6. The applicant must state the procedure to be used to limit further attendance in the event attendance exceeds the capacity of the approved physical, sanitation, or law enforcement facilities.

  7. Expiration and Transfer.
    The permit under this section is issued to a particular sponsor for a single event. The permit expires upon conclusion of the event and is not transferable. Unless otherwise determined by the license officer, the licensee must have the physical facilities provided for a circus, carnival, concert, or dance in place and ready for inspection by all interested officials five days prior to the event. A license issued under this section is not subject to the requirements listed elsewhere in this chapter.

Date Passed: Monday, June 5, 2017

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2017

ORD C35500 Section 6