Kern County Municipal Code Ch. 13.36 Park Sports Facility Fees

The facilities covered by this chapter include county parks and recreation department baseball, softball and soccer fields.

(Prior code § 5439.3)

A. Permission to exclusively use a sport facility, with or without the right to sell merchandise or otherwise charge fees, may be granted by the director of the county parks and recreation department (hereinafter referred to in this section as "director"), in the form of a written permit, license, or concession agreement. Permits will be granted on approved forms and upon payment of the applicable fee, along with an application fee. All fees, including those for application, shall be established by uncodified ordinance. The director may only grant permission after payment of all applicable fees and deposits and upon receipt of the applicable insurance certificate. An application may be for league play or for each tournament.

B. The applicant shall provide at least the following:

1. Name of league or tournament;

2. Name of individual officer, director or other responsible official authorized to sign agreement;

3. Provide complete list of participating teams and proposed schedule of games.

C. Except for practice game users, each exclusive use applicant shall comply with the following provisions:

1. Upon issuance of permission to use the county facilities, each applicant and/or user organization shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend (upon request) the county, its agents, officers and employees from and against any and all claims, losses, demands, costs and expenses of whatsoever kind and character (including, but not limited to, attorney's fees and expenses) arising out of the exclusive use by applicant hereunder, except where loss is caused by the exclusive negligence of the county, its agents, officers or employees;

2. Applicant shall obtain and keep in force during the period the applicant uses county property, commercial general liability insurance with limits of liability as set by the director and naming the county, its agents, officers and employees as additional insureds, covering all of applicant's activities hereunder. Prior to use of the facility, applicant shall submit an acceptable endorsement and/or certificate of insurance to the director, who shall approve the same prior to applicant's right to use the facility under written permission;

3. Prior to use of the facility, each applicant shall post a refundable security deposit, in cash or by cashier's check, unless waived or reduced by the director. The amount of the security deposit shall be established by uncodified ordinance.

(Ord. G-5952 § 25, 1993: Ord. G-4952 § 2, 1989)