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ORD 1907 - Regulating Special EventsORDINANCE 1907 ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS REGULATING SPECIAL EVENTS AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 1904 The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos does hereby ordain: SECTION I Town Code Section 14.100.020 is proposed to be amended as follows: Sec. 14.100.020. Permit. (a) Required: Any person intending to conduct or sponsor a Special Event in the Town of Los Gatos shall obtain a Special Events Permit. No advance promotional activities for a Special Event shall be commenced before obtaining a Special Event permit. (b) Maximum number of events per year: No permit shall be issued for any zoning plot for a Special Event to the same organization, group, or person more frequently than one time per calendar quarter. A minimum of 30 days shall separate Special Events on any zoning plot. This section shall not limit participation in a permitted areawide or regional Special Event, such as sidewalk sales, parades, or other events approved by the Town Council. (c) Exceptions: A Special Events permit is not required for the following events: (1) Funeral processions. (2) Activities conducted by a governmental agency acting within the scope of its authority. C22 \0RDS \SIGN0RD.CLN 1 (3) A Special Event which in the estimation of the Chief of Police will involve less than one hundred (100) persons and for which the sponsor submits written guarantees to the Chief of Police that: (A) Participants will assemble or march only on sidewalks; (B) Participants will cross streets only at crosswalks in units of fifteen (15) or less, allowing vehicles to pass between each unit; and (C) Participants will obey all traffic controls and regulations. (d) Farmers Market. Notwithstanding the limitations of this section, any person intending to conduct or sponsor a regularly scheduled farmers market may apply for a single Special Events Permit for a period not to exceed eight months. SECTION II Town Code Section 14.100.035 is proposed to be amended as follows: Sec. 14.100.035. Conditional Approval. A Special Events Permit may be conditioned on reasonable requirements concerning the time, place, and manner of the event, including but not limited to conditions to protect the safety of persons and property, and to provide for adequate traffic control. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to the following: (a) Alteration of the date, time, route or location. (b) Designation of areas for assembly and disbanding for events such as parades, races or other processions. C22 \0RDS \SIGN0RD.CLN 2 (c) Limitation on use of streets and sidewalks and requirements to allow intermittent traffic flow through any area. (d) Provision of first aid or emergency facilities. (e) Hiring a qualified person to facilitate the event itself, if the event appears to 7 be so large and complex that public interests require monitoring and /or direction. (f) Placement and pickup of litter cans, recycling bins, public toilets, barricades, and traffic cones. (g) Street sweeping. (h) Restrictions on amplified sound as defined by Town Code Sec. 16.20.040. (i) Requirement that all vendors demonstrate compliance with requirements for permits for vendors and pushcarts (Sec. 14.70.130), and business licenses (Sec. 14.10.010). 0) Agreement of owners or tenants of dwellings or businesses along the affected street area to be used by a Commercial Special Event. (k) Restrictions or prohibition of the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. (1) Limitation on size, location, and number of signs, banners, streamers, balloons and inflatable devices, including time and permissible duration of advance promotional activities. (m) Permission to post signs on public property consistent with the standards of Sec. 29.10.120 (4). (n) Requirement for security personnel. C22 \ORDS \SIGNORD.CLN 3 (o) Provision of shuttle services to mitigate anticipated parking and traffic impacts. (p) Posting parking control signs along public streets before commencement of the event. (q) Payments of fees required by Town Code Section 14 and other fees as required by Council resolution. (r) Restrictions required by other agencies. (s) Compliance with other applicable ordinances, laws, or permit requirements. SECTION III This Ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after this Ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town. C22 \0RDS \SIGN0RD.CLN 4 This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on July 6, 1992, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on July 20, 1992. COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SIGNED: Z-- —, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA ATTEST: CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS TOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA C22 \0RDS \SIGN0RD.CLN 5