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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2332ORDINANCE NO. _2,b_3_2, AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles amending Chapter 12.08, Port Angeles Municipal Code, and repealing Ordinance No. 2071, Ordinance No. 2229, and Ordinance No. 2330. THE _CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Chapter 12.08, Port Angeles Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 12.08 VERN BURTON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER Sections: 12.08.010 12.08.020 12.08.030 12.08.040 12.08.050 12.08.060 12.08.070 12.08.080 12.08.090 12.08.100 12.08.110 12.08.120 12.08.010 Applicability. This chapter shall apply to the use of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center, located at 4th and Chase Streets in the City. This Community Center is provided by the City for use by the citizens of Port Angeles for social, educational, and recreational activities, which require a structure with the size and characteristics of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center. 12.08.020 Permitted activities. Subject to the pro- visions of all other sections of this chapter, the following Applicability. Permitted activities. Use regulations. Permit - Applications. Permit - Issuance prerequisites. Fee schedule. Permit -- Revocation. Permit - Assignment. Right of inspection. Temporary alterations. Prohibited activities. Violation - Penalty. -1- • activities are permitted in the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center if operated, sponsored or promoted by civic, charitable, or other non - profit organizations /corporations: A. Social functions, including banquets; B. Exhibitions, including, but not limited to, boat, auto, or other product displays; C. Conventions, conference and other business gatherings; D. Concerts; E. Civic events; and F. Professional and /or semi - professional events; and G. Recreational activities. 12.08.030 Use regulations. The following regulations shall apply to the use of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center: A. The hours of operation shall be from five a.m. to two a.m. B. The sale or use of liquor, including beer and wine, shall be permitted at any of the activities allowed in the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center, pursuant to a validly issued Washington State Liquor Control Board permit; provided, that the hours for sale or use of liquor shall be from eleven a.m. to one a.m.; and provided further, that liquor may only be sold in nonglass or nonbreakable containers. C. The minimum attendance at any activity of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center, other than at recreational activities, shall be three hundred persons. D. The maximum attendance for sit -down dinners shall be five hundred persons. E. The Park and Recreation Director shall recommend such other regulations as are necessary for use of the facility, which regulations shall be adopted by the City Council. -2- 12.08.040 Permit - Applications. A. An applicant for a permit to use the facility shall file an application with the Director of Parks and Recreation at least thirty (30) days prior to the date sought for use of the facility, and shall provide the following information: 1. Sponsor of the activity; 2. Nature of the event; 3. Date of the event; 4. Expected attendance; 5. All other such information as may be required by the Director of Parks and Recreation. B. The Director of Parks and Recreation shall review the application for sufficiency, and shall then refer all applica- tions for activities permitted in sub - sections A through E, under Section 12.08.020, to the Park, Recreation and Beautification Commission, which Board shall review the consistency of the application with the terms and conditions of this Chapter, the rules adopted pursuant to the authority of this Chapter, and all other ordinances of the City and laws of the State. C. The City Council shall review.the recommendation of the Park, Recreation and Beautification Commission, upon the same criteria as used by the Board. The City Council shall determine, by motion, whether a permit for the activity requested shall be issued. In appropriate circumstances, the City Council may issue a permit for an activity that varies from the terms and con- ditions of this Chapter, provided that the public health, public safety, public property and public peace are adequately pro- tected. D. The permit shall be acted upon by the City within twenty (20) days of the date of application. 12.08.050 Permit - Issuance prerequisites. A. After approval of the permit application, and before issuance of the permit, the applicant shall deposit with -3-- the City a cash deposit or a surety bond, in the amount of one thousand dollars. This bond or deposit shall be used to pay costs or charges incurred to repair damages to the City facility, or to clean up the facility after its use. This bond or other deposit, or a portion thereof, shall be returned to the applicant when the City is satisfied that any damages incurred during the use of the facility by the applicant have been repaired and that the facility has been cleaned to the same condition as when delivered to the applicant. used by the City for repair the applicant. B. After approval of a permit application, and before issuance of the permit, the applicant shall furnish to the City evidence that he has in full force and effect a liability insurance policy in an amount of not less than three hundred thousand dollars bodily injury coverage per person, and one hundred thousand dollars property damage coverage per incident, covering any bodily injury or property damage arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the City facility by the applicant. This bond or other or clean up if such deposit may is not done be by C. After approval of the permit application, and be- fore issuance of the permit, the applicant shall execute an agreement to save and hold the City harmless from, and to defend the City against, any and all claims or causes of action arising out of or in any way connected with the use by the applicant of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center. D. After approval of the permit application and be- fore issuance of the permit, the applicant shall furnish written confirmation from the Chief of Police of the City that adequate provision has been made by the applicant for police, security, and traffic control, considering the type of activity proposed by the applicant. -4- E. After approval of the permit application and be- fore issuance of the permit, the applicant shall furnish written confirmation from the Fire Chief of the City that adequate provision has been made for compliance with all applicable fire codes and regulations. F. After approval of the permit application, and be- fore issuance of the permit, the applicant shall present written confirmation of conformance with any other condition or require- ment placed upon the proposed activity by the Park, Recreation and Beautification Commission or the City Council. 12.08.060 Fee schedule. The Director of Parks and Recreation shall prepare a schedule of fees for the use of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center. This schedule shall be approved by the City Council by resolution. 12.08.070 Permit - Revocation. Any permit issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter may be revoked in accord- ance with the provisions of Sections 5.04.150 through 5.04.220. 12.08.080 Permit - Assignment. No permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be assigned. 12.08.090 Right of inspection. The Director of Parks and Recreation, his designee, or any peace officer of the State shall have the right to enter and inspect any activity at the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center at any time. 12.08.100 Temporary alterations. Any applicant for a permit may make application for, and may receive approval for, temporary alterations to the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center; provided that all such alterations shall be immediately removed from the structure at the conclusion of the activity, and the structure shall be returned to the condition existing before the alteration. 12.08.110 Prohibited activities. It is unlawful for any user or other person to commit any of the following offenses on the premises of, or in connection with the use of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center: A. Interference with any individual or group engaged in lawful use of the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center; B. Exposing or offering for sale any article or thing or stationing or placing in a stand, cart or vehicle any article or object for transportation, sale, or display. This provision does not apply to regularly licensed concessionaires acting by and under the direction of the Recreation and Parks Department. The Director may also give permission for such activities on a temporary basis providing there is no conflict with the regularly constituted concessionaire; C. Distributing, leaving, throwing, tacking or past- ing any signs, handbills, posters, advertisements or inscriptions for advertising any goods, materials, meetings, people or for other similar purposes; D. Soliciting, interfering people for selling, begging, immoral with, accosting other act or other similar purposes is not permitted in any park or attendant facility; E. Wilfully marking, marring, defacing, disfiguring, injuring, tampering with or displacing, removing, burning, cut- ting, carving, digging up or damaging any park property and attendant facilities or any plants, trees or shrubs, or attaching any rope, wire or other contrivance to a tree, plant, shrub or structure. 12.08.120 Violation - Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of section 12.08.110 is guilty of a misde- meanor, and may be punished by a fine of up to five hundred dollars for each offense. Section 2. Ordinances No. 2071, No. 2229 and No. 2330 are each hereby repealed. Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by law. -5- PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on then day of L M , 1985. M A Y O R eidf:/) ATTEST: /L1 I / /a // L" Me i A. Lannoye, City APPR AS TO FORM: Craig D.NKnut on, lerk City Attorney PUBLISHED: I ►, EkAr'A 1 a-7J Ig1i5