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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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
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