HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4522 - Ordinance Chapt. 8-11 regulating Special Events
ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (10) AND
SECTION 8-11-4, SUBSECTIONS (a), AND (c) OF SECTION
8-11-5, AND SUBSECTION (c) OF SECTION 8-11-6 OF
CHAPTER 8-11 OF TITLE 8 OF THE ROCHESTER CODE OF
ORDINANCES RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDAINS:
Section 1. Subsection (10) and Section 8-11-4 of Chapter 8-11 of the Rochester Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-11-4. Application for permit.
Each applicant for a permit shall file a written application with the city clerk. for
submission to the city council. Such application must be received by the city clerk at least
30 days prior to the event, except that applications for events anticipated to have more
than 1,000 participants shall be received not less than 120 days prior to the event. The
citycouncil may waive this filing deadline upon the applicant's showing of good cause or
reasonable excuse for the late filing; and the absence of any prejudice to the public's
health, safety, and welfare.; and the council's ability to hold a public hearing concerning
the application prior to the scheduled event. The application must be accompanied by
payment of the permit fee as established by city council resolution annually by the
common council and contain the following information:
(10) Such other information that the city clerk, city administrator, chief of police, chief
of the fire department, public works director, planning director or city attorney, or
their designees, may need in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or
that may be required pursuant to any special event policy that may be approved
by the city and/or common council from time to time.
Section 2. Subsections (a) and (c) of Section 8-11-5 of Chapter 8-11 of the Rochester
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-11-5. Issuance of permit.
(a) The citycouncil must consider each application for a special event permit in light of
all of the following criteria:
(c) The citycouncil may impose conditions upon its issuance of any permit that are
reasonably related to the satisfaction of the provisions or the furtherance of the
objectives of this chapter, including the criteria listed in subsection (a) of this section.
Those conditions may include a time restriction on the special event permit issued
pursuant to section 8-11-6(b).
Section 3. Subsection (c) of Section 8-11-6 of Chapter 8-11 of the Rochester Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-11-6. Maximum sound measurement and time restriction.
(c) The citycouncil, in issuing the permit and in consideration of the criteria provided in
section 8-11-5(a), may waive the maximum allowable sound pressure level provided
in subsection (b) of this section and replace it with a restriction requiring the amplified
sound to terminate no later than 10:30 p.m. on the day of each event covered by the
permit. If applicable under this subsection, no person shall allow the amplified sound
to continue beyond 10:30 p.m.
Section 4 This ordinance shall become effective from and after its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
___________________________________
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
___________________________________
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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