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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL l, 1997
AGENDA ITEM: Special Event Ordinance AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: Jim Topitzhofer, Parks and Recreation and AGENDA NO.
Community Center Director. 'TE� � 1 � �
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Ordinance APPROVED BY:
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I will present a new ordinance relating to special events conducted on city parkland. This ordinance was
fashioned after similar ordinances in the cities of Long Lake and Maplewood. A summary follows:
se - To insure the health, safety and welfare of large public gatherings in city parkland.
Definition of large �ublic gathering - 500 or more persons.
, Lar,�e Assemblv License - Organizers of special events attended by 500 or more persons shall obtain a large
assembly license. City Council reviews and approves the license.
Ag�lication - Application for large assembly license must apply 60 days in advance of the event. The
application contains a detailed plan of the event identifying purpose, number of persons attending, sound
amplification controls, food & concessions, waste disposal, sanitary facilities, inspections of equipment and
vehicles, post event clean-up, and other precautions necessary to conduct the event safely.
Fees - The proposed license fee is $150.00 (based upon the estimated cost of staff to review an application).
All City costs associated with the event shall be paid by the applicant in the form of a cash escrow. A surery
bond or other form of financial guarantee may be required to guarantee any conditions imposed by City !I
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�nsurance - The applicant shall maintain a general liability insurance policy naming the City as additional il
insured.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: The special event ordinance is presented as a first reading. Pending input '
received from the City Council, approval is recommended at the regular meeting on April 15, 1997. '
COUNCIL ACTION:
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY,MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. I
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF PARKS; ',
AMENDING TITLE 4,WITH CHAPTER 4,OF THE ',
CITY CODE OF ROSEMOUNT '�
The City Council of the City of Rosemount, lViinnesota ordains that Title 4 of the Rosemount Ci II
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Code is amended by adding a new Chapter 4 as follows: I
TITLE 4
CIiAPTER 4 LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON CITY PARKLAND
SECTIONS:
4-4-1: Purpose
4-4-2: Definitions
4-4-3: License Requirements
4-4-4: Application
4-4-5: Fees
4-4-6: Conditions of Approval
4-4-7: Other Regulations
4-4-8: Penalty
4-4-1: PURPOSE: The purpose of this Chapter is to regulate and control the assembly of
large numbers of persons on city parkland and to establish regulations which promote the health,
, safety and welfare of large public gatherings organized on city parkland.
4-4-2: DEFINITIONS: Large assembly rneans a gathering numbering more than five
hundred (500)persons; or actions by one or more persons the intention of which is to attract and
assemble a gathering of persons in excess of five hundred fifty(500)persons at a single time on
city parkland.
4-4-3: LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: No person shall permit, maintain, promote,
conduct, advertise, manage, sell, barter or give tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated
assembly of five hundred (500) or more people on city parkland unless a license to hold the
assembly has been first issued by the city council as provided herein. In addition to the permit
required herein, the applicant must possess and submit to the city any other necessary state,
county or city licenses and/or permits necessary to carry on the assembly.
4-4-4: APPLICATION FOR LICENSE: The application for a large assembly license
shall be made in writing and filed with the city clerk no less than sixty(60) days in advance of the
proposed date for the large assembly, upon forms provided by the city clerk. The application shall
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contain, without limitation, the following information:
A. The name, age, residence, social security number and mailing address of the applicant, if
an individual, all partners if a partnership and all officers of the corporation if the applicant
is a corporation.
B. A full description of the nature, purpose and extent of the proposed large assembly.
C. The maximum number of persons which the proposed lazge assembly will attract at any
given time,together with the dates and hours during which the proposed large assembly
will be conducted.
D. A full description of plans for sound amplification and sound control to be utilized by the
applicant.
E. Plans for food or other concessions which will be provided.
F. A detailed plan to insure waste disposal, sanitary facilities, inspections of vehicle or
equipment, post-event clean-up and other necessary precautions to prevent pollution to
land or ponds.
G. All other information required or requested by the city council or the parks and recreation
department.
4-4-5: LICENSE FEES: The license fee sha11 be set from time to time by city council
resolution.
A. The license fee shall be nonrefundable.
B. As a condition of granting a license the city may require establishing of a cash escrow to
be deposited with the city clerk. The cash escrow shall be used to guarantee payment by
the applicant of the city's costs for planning, sanitation, health, traffic control, law
enforcement services and other city costs which are directly attributable to the large
assembly.
4-4-6: CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL: The city council may impose any condition
reasonably required to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public and the persons
assembled. A violation of any of the conditions shall be a violation o�this ordinance.
4-4-7: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS: The following regulations must be complied with:
A. No person granted a permit pursuant to this ordinance shall gain a vested right to obtain
such pernuts in the future.
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B. By making application, the applicant consents to pernutting officers and agents of the city
to enter the event area at all times to investigate the activities and to determine whether
the conditions of the permit and all applicable laws are being complied with.
C. A surety bond or other financial guarantee approved as to form by the city clerk in an
amount deemed sufficient by the city council to guarantee performance by the applicant of
the conditions may be imposed by the city council amount in granting the large assembly
license.
D. A comprehensive general liability insurance policy, naming the city as an additional
insured, covering any and all damages, claims or other liabilities arising out of the
operation of the large assembly whether incuned by the city or by any other association or
person.
E. No person holding a large assembly license shall pernut and no participant in a large
assembly shall remain overnight at the location of a large�ssembly, except for a
reasonable number of persons required for security purposes.
4-4-8: PENALTY: Any person violating any provision of this Chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof sha11 be subject to a fine of not more than seven
hundred ($700.00) dollars or imprisonment not to exceed ninety(90) days or both, plus in either
case the cost of prosecution. Prior violations of this Chapter sha11 also be grounds, in the
discretion of the city council, for refusai to approve a large assembly license.
This ordinance shall be effective the day following its adoption and publication.
ADOPTED this day of April, 1997.
Cathy Busho, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan M. Walsh, City Clerk
Published this day of , 199'7 in the Rosemount Tawn Pages.
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