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1561License ORDINANCE NO. 1561 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDIT40 TITLE 4 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A CHAPTER THERETO ENTITLED, "CHAPTER 4.02 SPECIAL EVENTS." THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Title 4 of the Anaheim Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto a chapter designated as Chapter 4.02 "SPECIAL EVENTS," which shall read as follows: "CHAPTER 4.02 SPECIAL EVENTS "SECTION 4.02.010 SPECIAL EVENT DEFINED. A Special event is any event sponsored by a business or shopping center which is held outside the confines of the building, whether or not a business license is required, and which may include rides, games, booths, or similar amusement devices, whether or not a fee or admission is charged for such event. "SECTION 4.02.020 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person or organization shall conduct a Special Event without having first applied for and obtained a permit so to do as provided in this chapter. "SECTION 4.02.030 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. Application for permits to conduct Special Events shall be in writing and shall be filed with the City Manager not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the opening date of such event. Such application shall state: The name of the sponsoring business or organization; the exact location where the event is to be staged; the name and address of the operator or operators of the event to be conducted; a list of communities in California where the event has previously been conducted by the operators of the proposed event; the number and types of riles, games, shows, displays, and other individual concessions comprising the event; the number of persons who will be engaged in conducting the event; and such other information as shall be required by the City Manager. "SECTION 4.02.040 INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION. Before issuing a permit for a Special Event, the City Manager shall cause an investigation to be made regarding the application and shall have the findings set forth in writing and attached to the application. "SECTION 4.02.050 ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF. PERMIT. If the City Manager determines, after the investigation, that all applicable provisions of the law and of the Anaheim Municipal Code, including the provisions of this chapter, are or will be complied with and that the granting of the permit will not be detrimental to the public safety, then he shall issue a permit; otherwise, the application shall be denied. "SECTION 4.02.060 REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCT OF SPECIAL EVENT. The following regulations shall govern the operation of any Special Event for which a permit has been issued by the City —2— Manager, and violation of any such regulation shall be grounds for immediate revocation of such permit: 1. No structure for amusement device, shall exceed the height of the adjoining business structures or thirty (30) feet whichever is the lesser height. 2. No wild or ferocious animals shall be displayed. 3. All regulations imposed by the Police and Fire Departments for safety, health and the general welfare must be complied with. 4. The physical layout of the area set apart for the conduct of the Special Event, including area used for installation or storage of all equipment, shall be such that the parking area designed to serve the business or shopping center is not reduced below the minimum required for such business or shopping center by the provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code. 5. Before erection of any structures, including structures for amusement devices and rides, application must be made to the Building and Electrical Departments and all applicable building and electrical regulations must be complied with. For all rides certificates of safety must be furnished to the Building Department, and no rides, amusement devices or concessions shall be put into operation until 'inspected and cleared by the Building and/or Electrical Department. 6. No trailers, tents or other temporary living quarters will be allowed on the premises where the Special Event is to be conducted. 7. The conduct of the Special Event shall be confined to the hours when the business establishment or shopping center is open for business, and in no event shall the Special Event be operated after 9:30 P.M. of any night. 8. The Special Event shall not be operated for any period longer than fourteen (14) calendar days from the permitted opening date as specified in the permit. "SECTION 4.02.070 LIABILITY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE. Prior to the erection of any structure in connection with a Special Event, the operator or operators of said event shall furnish certificates to the City Manager showing that there is in full force and effect liability and property damage insurance covering every activity of the proposed Special Event in a minimum amount of $100,000 for injury of one person and $300,000 for death or injury of more than one person in any accident and $25,000 property damage, or, in such additional amount as deemed necessary by the City Manager. "SECTION 4.02.060 POWERS OF CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Anaheim shall have the power to review any action taken by the City Manager in denying -2- any application for a permit and shall have the power to revoke a permit granted by the City Manager when, in the opinion of the City Council, such action on their part is in the public interest. The City Council shall also have the power to modify or waive any regulation as specified in Section 4.02.050 with regard to any specific application when such mod- ification or waiver would be in the best public interest. When the City Council has acted upon any application for a Special Event, all of the regulations set forth in Section 4.02.050 shall apply to such Special Event unless some regulation set forth therein is expressly waived or modified and, in:such event, the regulations shall apply as specified by the City Council in their action. The City Council shall also have the exclusive power to grant a renewal or extension of a permit beyond the original 14 -day period. Any action of the City Council shall be taken in a public meeting, but no notice or public hearing shall be necessary before such action is taken." SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in said City, and thirty (.30) days from and after its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me this 28th day of March, 1961. ATTEST: O —CI E M =1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ss* CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, DENS M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1561 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held ldoon the 21st day of March, 1961, and that the same was duly passed at'a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 28th day of March, 1961, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Chandler, Coons, Fry, Thompson and Schutte None None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Ordinance No. 1561 on the 28th day of March, 1961. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 28th day of March, 1961. CI CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) 1, DENE M. WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREG )'NG ORDINANCE NCS. jam: � J WAS PU .�LISHEO UN'.IE Iry r E ANAHEIM BULLETIN ON THE r