Hemet Municipal Code Art. III Permits for Group Events

Each application for a group event permit shall be made in writing on a form provided by the city manager and shall be filed with the designated city department together with any application fees that may be established from time to time by resolution of the city council. The contents of each permit application shall comply with the city's park regulations.

(Ord. No. 2048, § 1, 1-14-25)

(a) The city manager shall be the city official responsible for the receipt, review and consideration of applications for group event permits filed per this chapter. The process through which each application is reviewed, issued or denied shall conform to the city's park regulations.

(b) In the absence of specific circumstances related to group events the city's consideration of each application shall address whether the proposed group event or large group event can be approved as requested without causing, or likely causing any of the following impacts:

(1) Damage to park landscaping and equipment;

(2) Overload any restroom and other facilities;

(3) Irresolvable conflict with another group event or with a city event;

(4) Excessive traffic congestion or noise in a neighborhood; or

(5) Any other adverse impact upon the city, or the health, safety or welfare of its residents.

(Ord. No. 2048, § 1, 1-14-25)

Any permit issued per this chapter shall reflect all information required by the city's park regulations.

(Ord. No. 2048, § 1, 1-14-25)

Any determination upon a permit application, whether that determination be an approval of a permit, a denial of a permit, or the placement of any particular term or condition upon the issuance of a permit, may be appealed per the city's park regulations.

(Ord. No. 2048, § 1, 1-14-25)

When rain or any other adverse weather condition, such as excessive heat, wind, and the like, prevents a group event that has been the subject of an approved permit issued per this chapter from taking place, the approved group event may not take place on any rescheduled date absent written authorization of said rescheduled date by the city manager. The organizing person or party with respect to any group event necessarily postponed by rain or an adverse weather condition has the sole responsibility to secure the city's authorization for that group event's rescheduling hereunder.

(Ord. No. 2048, § 1, 1-14-25)