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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4046 ORDINANCE ~/Oq~ UX/d~ AN ORDINANCE establishing license fees and standards for Circuses, Public Amusements, Parades and Special events and repealing Ordinance #200, as amended by #1894, #3515, #2961, #3874, and 3625, Section 2. The City Council of the City of Bremerton does hereby ordain: SECTION 1. LICENSE REQUIRED No person, firm, company or corporation shall, run, manage, operate or conduct any circus, parade, carnival games, rides, or other public amusement of whatsoever name, nature or description within the city without first obtaining a license therefor from the City Clerk. Application shall be made at least 2 weeks prior to the event. SECTION 2. CIRCUS & CARNIVALS The license fee for a circus or public Carnival shall be the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars for fourteen (14) days or less and Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) per day for each consecutive day over fourteen (14), payable to the City Treasurer. SECTION 3. SPECIAL EVENTS Special events shall include Street Fairs, Sidewalk Sales, Parades and Promotional activities, sponsored by the local business community or other organizations such as Chamber of uommerce ana ~azn ~ree~ assocza~ion. ~UT~UN 4. SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE The organizer of a Special event shall procure a Special Events license in the amount of Twenty Five Dollars for seven (7) days or less not to exceed fourteen (14) days. Non- profit organizations sponsoring a Special event shall be exempt from payment of the fee only. The City reserves the right to chrge any sponsor, of a Special Event, direct costs incurred by tk= C~y as a result of the event. Such costs may include the cost of barricading streets, Plan reviews or Public Safety involvement. -- 1 -- SECTION 5. VENDOR LIST The sponsor of the event will provide the City Clerk with a list of all participating vendors at least three (3) days prior to the event. SECTION 6. USE OF CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS No person, firm, company or corporation shall run, ma- nage, operate or conduct Sidewalk Sales, business activities or Special events of any nature upon any sidewalk, street, highway, alley or other public property with the city, unless such activity is for the general public welfare and benefit; and provided, that proper application for such activity is made at least two weeks prior to the proposed event upon forms to be provided by the City Clerk and the same is approved by the Chief of the Fire and Police departments, the Gtty Engineer and the Risk Manager. Any person, firm company or corporation receiving such approval, shall hold the city harm/ess from any claim, liability, loss, suit or any action resulting from the proposed activity. Such insurance certificate shall provide liability protection for the city an amount approved by the City's Risk Manager. The city of Bremerton shall be named as additional insured. SECTION ?. MUST NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF OTHER ORDINANCES OR STATUTES No license shall be issued to any person, firm, com- pany or corporation to run, operate, conduct or manage any show, exhibition, game or other special event within the city, which is in violation of any ordinance of the city or statute of the state of Washington. SECTION 8. HEARINGS EXAMINER (a) License-Revocation - The City Clerk may revoke the license whenever he/she shall have reason to believe that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this Chapter. In the event the City Clerk shall revoke the license (s)he shall cause to be served upon the licensee an order by certified mail which states the reasons therefore and the licensee's appeal rights. Such revocation shall take effect fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of receipt of notice by certified mail, unless the licensee fi/es a written appeal with the office of the Hearing Examiner before the effective date of the City Clerk's administrative decision of revocation. (b) Appeal of License Revocation - Any person whose license is revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such revocation in writing to the office of the Hearing Examiner within fourteen (14) calendar days from the time notice of the City Clerk's intent to revoke his or her license. Any subsequent hearing before a hearing examiner shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for conducting hearings on appeals of administrative decisions in the Administrative Procedures Ordinance of the City (Ordinance No. 3961). The determination appealed from shall be regarded as prima facie correct. The examiner may affirm or reverse the final decision of the City Clerk. The decision of the examiner shall be final unless a petition for reconsideration by the examiner is accepted or appeal of the examiner's decision is taken to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Ordinance. SECTION 9. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this day of , 1986. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk tn authentication of such passage this \% day of ATIEST: C~y of Bremerton KATr~,~tL. MOCLUSKEY, City Clerk Director of Ac~ninistrative Services