Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 6-88 Drinking water to comply with all applicable standards and regulations;…

"Outdoor festival" means any music festival, dance festival, "rock" festival or similar musical activity, at which music is provided by paid or professional, or amateur performers or by prerecorded means, which is held at any place other than in a permanent building or permanent installation which permanent installation has been constructed for the purpose of conducting such activities, to which members of the public are invited or admitted or which are otherwise open to view for a charge or free of cost and which is to be or is attended by five hundred persons or more, except those outdoor festivals that are held within the area bounded by, and including, El Colegio Road, Camino Majorca to Storke Road, Ocean Road to Stadium Road and the Pacific Ocean in the unincorporated area of Isla Vista which is to be or is attended by two hundred and fifty persons or more.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2; Ord. No. 4120, § 2; Ord. No. 5198, § 1, 1-9-2024)

(a) "Outdoor festivals" as defined in section 6-70 and any musical festival, musical performance, musical amplification, dance festival, "rock" festival or similar musical activity, at which music is provided by paid or professional, or amateur performers or by prerecorded means, emanating from residential or commercial property and amplified through any radio, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or similar device, which is audible from the public right of way adjacent to or surrounding the property line of that residential or commercial property, and is held at any place other than in a permanent building or permanent installation has been constructed for the purpose of conducting such activities, to which members of the public are invited or admitted or which otherwise are open to view for free or by paid admission are prohibited from 6:00 p.m. the evening of, to 7:00 a.m. of the following morning of the following dates, within the area bounded by, and including, El Colegio Road, Camino Majorca to Storke Road, Ocean Road to Stadium Road and the Pacific Ocean in the unincorporated area of Isla Vista on the following dates:

1. The Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the first week of the Spring Quarter of the University of California Santa Barbara Academic Calendar.

2. October 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st and November 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of each year.

Events permitted under other provisions the County Code are exempt from this subsection.

(b) Outdoor festivals as defined in section 6-70 are prohibited at all times on any property zoned or utilized for residential use within the area bounded by, and including, El Colegio Road, Camino Majorca to Storke Road, Ocean Road to Stadium Road and the Pacific Ocean in the unincorporated area of Isla Vista.

(c) Any person violating this section shall be issued a citation for any violation hereof, as follows:

1. A person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section if they are the owner, tenant or occupant of a property or vehicle which is, under their control, producing the unauthorized music.

2. A person shall also be in violation of this section if they organize, promote or assist in an event which is, or is intended to be, a violation of this section.

3. A person who is in attendance at, or near, an event which is in violation of this section who willfully fails to immediately disburse upon a warning by a law enforcement officer shall be deemed in violation of this section.

(d) A violation of this section shall be an infraction and punishable as specified in section 6-107.

(Ord. No. 4120, § 3; Ord. No. 4243, § 1; Ord. No. 4632, § 2; Ord. No. 4653, § 1; Ord. No. 4911, § 1, 2-17-2015; Ord. No. 4990, § 1, 3-7-2017; Ord. No. 5198, § 2, 1-9-2024)

(a) Outdoor festivals as defined in section 6-70 or any other musical festival, music performance, sound amplification, dance festival, or similar musical activity at which music is performed live or mechanically or electronically controlled by a performer that is accessible to the public at which a ticket, fee, donation or other purchase is required as a condition for entry to the event are prohibited at all times on any property zoned or utilized for residential use within the area bounded by, and including, El Colegio Road, Camino Majorca to Storke Road, Ocean Road to Stadium Road and the Pacific Ocean in the unincorporated area of Isla Vista.

(b) Any outdoor festival as defined in section 6-70 or any other musical festival, music performance, concert, dance festival, social gathering, party or similar activity at which alcohol is sold, available for purchase, or served after a donation from the attendee or where purchase is a requirement for entry are prohibited at all times on any property zoned or utilized for residential use within the area bounded by, and including, El Colegio Road, Camino Majorca to Storke Road, Ocean Road to Stadium Road and the Pacific Ocean in the unincorporated area of Isla Vista.

(c) Any person engaged in these prohibited activities shall be in violation hereof, as follows:

1. Any person who is an owner, tenant, or occupant of a property which is under their control, and they knowingly provide a location or amenities for the offense to occur.

2. Any person who organizes, performs, promotes, advertises, or assist in an event which is, or is intended to be, a violation of this section.

3. Any person who is in attendance at, or near, an event which is in violation of this section who willfully fails to immediately disperse upon a warning by a law enforcement officer shall be deemed in violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 5198, § 3, 1-9-2024)

"Automobile parking space" when required by this article means any maintained space with not less than one hundred fifty-four square feet of usable area, and not less than eight and one-half feet wide at any place, on or contiguous to the land on which the outdoor festival is conducted, so located and arranged as to permit the parking of, and be readily accessible under its own power to, a passenger automobile of average size.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Every person maintaining an outdoor festival shall first procure a license and pay a fee of one hundred dollars, plus two hundred and fifty dollars for each day of the outdoor festival.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

An application for a license for an outdoor festival, including the accompanying documents (section 6-75), shall be filed with the administrative officer of the county not less than sixty days prior to the beginning of such outdoor festival or not less than five days after the effective date of this article, whichever is later.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

An application for a license for an outdoor festival shall state:

(a) The name and address of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation, and the applicant shall also set forth the date and place of incorporation; the names and residence addresses of each of its officers, directors and stockholder owning more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall set forth the name and residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this section pertaining to a corporate applicant shall apply.

(b) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of an officer who is duly authorized to accept the service of legal process.

(c) The owner, exact location, legal description, area, and shape of the premises on which it is planned to conduct the outdoor festival.

(d) The owner, exact location, legal description, area and shape of all lands to be used for parking or other uses incidental to the outdoor festival.

(e) The date or dates and the hours during which the festival is to be conducted.

(f) An estimate of the minimum and maximum number of customers, spectators, participants and other persons expected to attend the outdoor festival for each day it is conducted, together with detailed information supporting such estimate.

(g) A detailed explanation of the applicant's program and plans to supply security protection, water supply and facilities, food supply and facilities, sanitation facilities, medical and first aid facilities and services, vehicle parking space, vehicle access and on-site traffic control.

(h) All loudspeakers and sound equipment to be used and the intensity of the sound, in decibels, at the boundaries of the premises.

(i) The names, ages and addresses of all persons who will act as security guards during the outdoor festival.

(j) If it is proposed or expected that spectators or participants will remain overnight, the arrangements for illuminating the premises and for camping or similar facilities.

(k) Provisions for clean-up of the premises and removal of rubbish after the event has concluded.

(l) A consent to the entry at any time in the course of his duties of any peace officer, and any officer or employee of the county or any fire district.

(m) The mailing address to which the applicant wishes any notice of public hearing, pursuant to section 6-80, any notice or revocation or suspension hearing, pursuant to section 6-86, or any other notice to be sent.

(n) Such other information pertinent to the outdoor festival as the administrative officer or any county officer finds necessary and requires in order to determine whether or not the license should be granted and, if granted, the conditions of such license.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

At the time of filing an application for a license for an outdoor festival the applicant, at the same time, also shall file with the administrative officer of the county:

(a) Four copies of white background prints of a map drawn to scale, showing:

(1) The location of the property concerned.

(2) The location of all highways, streets, alleys, lots and parcels of land within seven hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed use.

(3) The location of the parking area and of all other areas to be used for other uses incidental to the outdoor festival.

(4) All interior access ways.

(5) Access to the property.

(6) The location and detailed plans of all buildings and structures on the premises or to be erected, including the bandstand, stage or other facility for performers.

(7) The location of all loudspeakers.

(8) The location of all toilet, medical, drinking and other facilities.

(b) A certified list as shown on the latest available assessment roll of the county of the names and addresses of all persons to whom all property is assessed within five hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed use.

(c) A document showing that the applicant is the owner of the premises or an agreement in writing signed by the owner permitting such use of the premises and the filing of the application.

(d) The agreements or contracts which show that doctors, first-aid attendants and ambulances will be available at the outdoor festival.

(e) An agreement signed by the applicant that, within seventy-two hours after the conclusion of the outdoor festival he will clean up the premises and remove all trash, debris, and any chemical toilets, therefrom. Such agreement shall be secured by a cash deposit or an agreement accompanied by the assignment of savings and loan shares or certificates or both in a total amount of not less than five thousand dollars.

(f) An agreement signed by the applicant and by the owner of the subject premises that they will reimburse all owners and occupants of property adjoining the subject premises for all damages of any kind to such owners or occupants or to their property caused by the applicant, the owner of the subject premises, or by any person attending the outdoor festival, which damage would not have occurred had the outdoor festival not been held, and a cash deposit, policy of insurance, or agreement accompanied by the assignment of savings and loan shares or certificates, or a combination of any two or all of the above in a total amount of not less than one hundred thousand dollars.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The cash deposit required by subsection (f) of section 6-75 shall be for the benefit of the county and all persons to whom the licensee or owner may become liable because of the agreement required by such subsection (f) or arising from the conduct of the licensee of the outdoor festival.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The insurance policy required by subsection (f) of section 6-75 shall insure the licensee and owner of the subject property against all liability incurred by them or either of them to the county or to any person which liability arises pursuant to the agreement required by such subsection (f) or arising from the conduct of the licensee of the outdoor festival.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

In lieu of, or in addition to the cash deposit or policy or insurance required by subsection (f) of section 6-75, and pursuant to a written agreement of assignment approved by the county counsel, the licensee may deposit with the county clerk and assign to the county savings and loan certificates or shares. The applicant shall file such written agreement of assignment with the administrative officer and such agreement shall provide that the applicant agrees that the county may, and the county shall, satisfy either in whole or in part, from such certificates or shares, any final judgment or any judgment upon which execution may issue, the payment of which is, or would have been guaranteed by the cash deposit required by this article.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Upon receipt of a complete application for a license to conduct an outdoor festival, including the accompanying documents and the payment of the fee, the administrative officer shall transmit copies of the application to such other departments whose review and recommendations on the application the administrative officer believes will be useful or necessary to his decision or recommendation. Such other departments shall include, but are not limited to, the sheriff, fire chief, building official, road commissioner, health officer and planning director.

Every officer and department to which an application is referred by the administrative officer shall, within twenty days, in writing, advise the administrative officer of all material facts within their knowledge necessary to determine whether the license shall be granted, granted subject to conditions or denied.

Upon receipt of the advice of the various county departments and officers, the administrative officer shall determine whether or not more than five thousand persons will attend the outdoor festival. In making such determination the administrative officer may consider but is not bound by the number stated in the application. If the administrative officer finds that not more than five thousand persons will attend the outdoor festival and also makes the findings required by section 6-81, he, without holding a hearing, may grant the license. Such license shall not permit more than five thousand persons to attend. If the administrative officer finds that either more than five thousand persons will attend the outdoor festival or that he cannot make the findings required by section 6-81, he shall submit his report and recommendations to the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Upon receipt of the report and recommendation of the administrative officer, the board of supervisors shall set the matter for a public hearing. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall serve notice by mail, with postage prepaid, of the time, date, place and subject of such hearing not less than seven days before such hearing upon the applicant and all persons whose names and addresses appear upon the latest available assessment roll of the county as owning property within five hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property on which the proposed use will be located.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The administrative officer or the board of supervisors may grant a license for an outdoor festival if he or it finds:

(a) That the outdoor festival will be held at a location which complies with and meets all of the health, zoning, and fire and safety requirements and standards of the laws of the State of California and ordinances of this county applicable thereto.

(b) That all information required by this article is in the application and all documents required by this article have been filed.

(c) That the proposed outdoor festival will not, in any way jeopardize, adversely affect, endanger or otherwise constitute a menace to the public health, safety or general welfare, or be materially detrimental to the property of other persons located in the vicinity of such use. The administrative officer and the board of supervisors may find that a location is unsuitable even if in the proper zone if it does not meet the standards contained in this subsection.

(d) The applicant, his employees, agents or any person connected or associated with the applicant as partner, director, officer, stockholder, as defined in subsection (a) of section 6-74, associate or manager, has not knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license or in any document or record required to be filed with the administrative officer.

(e) The applicant has not had a similar type of license previously revoked for good cause within one year prior to the application, or if he has, he has not shown material changes in circumstances since such revocation.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

A license for an outdoor festival shall state the maximum number of persons who may attend. In deciding this maximum the administrative officer and the board of supervisors may be guided by, but are not bound by the estimate stated in the application for a license.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

A license for an outdoor festival shall state the dates and hours during which the outdoor festival may be conducted.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

In granting a license the administrative officer or the board of supervisors may attach such conditions as are found necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article, including, but not confined to:

(a) If the premises are to be used at night, adequate lighting, including location of all light standards and electrical switches.

(b) Provisions for cleaning up the premises after the termination of the outdoor festival.

(c) An emergency communications system sufficient to meet the emergency requirements of the sheriff and county fire chief.

(d) Advertising permitted, including advertising by radio, television or loudspeaker.

(e) Assuring that the persons attending do not exceed the number of persons permitted by the license.

(f) Such other conditions as the administrative officer or the board of supervisors finds necessary for reasons of health, safety, sanitation, supply of food, supply of water, prevention of unreasonable noise, or promotion of the general welfare. Such conditions shall appear on the license.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall promptly notify the administrative officer of any change in the facts contained in the application, including the accompanying documents.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Upon the request of the administrative officer, the board of supervisors, or any individual supervisor, the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the revocation of a license for an outdoor festival. Upon receipt of such request, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall give written or oral notice of the date, time, place and subject of the hearing to the licensee at least twenty-four hours before the hearing. After a public hearing, the board of supervisors may revoke a license for an outdoor festival if it finds that one or more of the following conditions exist:

(a) The location of the outdoor festival does not comply with the requirement of subsection (a) of section 6-81.

(b) The licensee, his employees, agents, or any person connected or associated with the licensee as partner, director, officer, stockholder, as defined in subsection (a) of section 6-74, associate, or manager:

(1) Has knowingly allowed or permitted upon the premises any illegal possession, use, sale or delivery of marijuana or other narcotics.

(2) Has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license, or in any document or record required to be filed with the administrative officer or the board of supervisors.

(c) Licensee fails, neglects or refuses to fulfill any condition of the license or rule or regulation adopted by the administrative officer or the board of supervisors relating to the licensee's business, or any regulations contained in sections 6-88 through 6-103 of this article.

(d) Licensee fails or refuses to notify the administrative officer of any change in facts as required by section 6-85 within three days after such change.

(e) The licensee has permitted to occur at the outdoor festival a riot, major disorder, serious breach of the peace, or public health or safety hazard, which has or does threaten injury to a substantial number of persons or damage to property.

Revocation of the license pursuant to this section shall be effective immediately after ordered by the board of supervisors. Written notice of such revocation shall be forwarded by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the sheriff and the licensee, at the address given in the application.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The sheriff of the county may suspend any license granted under this article. Such suspension shall suspend the operation of and close any outdoor festival prior to the expiration of such license. Such suspension may be ordered only in the event of the occurrence of a riot, major disorder, serious breach of the peace, or public health or safety hazard, when in the sheriff's opinion, it is necessary to prevent injury to substantial numbers of persons or damage to property. Such suspension shall be immediately effective upon notification to the licensee or the chief or assistant chief of the licensee's security guard. Such a suspension shall be followed, as soon as it is possible to give notice pursuant to section 6-86 and to convene a quorum of the board of supervisors for a regular or special meeting, by a revocation hearing pursuant to section 6-86.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall provide drinking water of a quality and quantity and at pressures and locations which the county health officer first finds complies with U.S. Public Health "Drinking Water Standards," 1962 edition and all applicable state statutes and regulations, by providing drinking fountains as follows:

(a) One drinking fountain for each one hundred persons or major fraction of such number permitted to attend.

(b) If the county health officer finds that lesser or different facilities are sufficient instead of the above, the licensee shall provide such facilities.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall provide at least one water closet and one urinal for every one hundred males and six water closets for the first five hundred females and one water closet for each additional one hundred females, or major fraction of such number permitted to attend. If the county health officer finds that a lesser number is sufficient, the licensee shall provide such lesser number. If a compartment contains one water closet and one urinal, the licensee may count it as one water closet or as one urinal but not as both. Where both sexes are admitted, the sexes shall be assumed to be equally divided. Water closets and urinals shall be either chemical toilets or connected to a public sewer facility, but shall not be pit privies. The licensee shall provide one lavatory for each two fixtures required.

The location of such facilities and the connection to a public sewer facility or the written contract with a licensed septic tank pumper shall first be approved by the county health officer to ensure that the facilities will not create a public health hazard on the premises, on adjoining properties, or in the same watershed.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

If it is proposed, expected or occurs, that persons attending or participating in the outdoor festival remain overnight, licensee shall meet the regulations and standards for "organized camps" as set out in Health and Safety Code sections 18897 et seq. and the California Administrative Code, title 17, subchapter 6, sections 30700 et seq.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Every premises on which an outdoor festival is conducted shall have on such premises or contiguous thereto automobile storage spaces equal to one-fifth of the number of persons which the license permits to attend such outdoor festival, unless the county planning director finds that a smaller number is sufficient, in which case the licensee shall provide such lesser number. Such automobile parking spaces shall be graded, marked and separated by a physical barrier from the area where the patrons will watch the performance. At all times between one hour before the beginning of the outdoor festival and one hour after its termination the licensee shall provide parking attendants at all entrances, exits and within the parking lots.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

At every outdoor festival one male employee, eighteen years of age or older, for each two hundred persons which the license permits to attend, whether actually present or not, shall be constantly in attendance during the entire time the outdoor festival is in progress, and shall devote his entire time and attention to keeping order and observing and enforcing all applicable statutes and ordinances, including this article. The licensee shall designate a chief and an assistant chief security guard and file their names and local addresses with the administrative officer and sheriff. Both the chief and the assistant chief security guard shall be constantly in attendance during the entire time the outdoor festival is in progress and shall keep the sheriff constantly informed as to their whereabouts.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall provide all fire protection and fire safety measures as the county fire chief finds necessary to protect persons attending the outdoor festival and neighboring properties.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

If the hours during which the outdoor festival can be held as provided in the license are such that any portion thereof is between sunset of one day and sunrise the following day or the license permits any attendant or participant to remain overnight the licensee shall provide such lighting, including the location of all light standards and electrical switches, as the county building official finds necessary for public safety and welfare.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Within seventy-two hours after the end of an outdoor festival the licensee shall clean up the premises and remove all trash, debris and any chemical toilets, therefrom.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall install and, at all times during which the outdoor festival is in progress, maintain an emergency communications system which both the sheriff and county fire chief find adequate for fire and police protection.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall operate the outdoor festival only on those days and during those hours specified on the license.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall not admit, and shall prevent the entrance of, to the premises on which the outdoor festival is held, any person who does not possess a ticket, except a peace officer or other public officer or employee in the performance of his duties. Admission shall be by ticket only. The licensee shall not sell, give, or distribute a greater number of tickets than the number which the license permits to attend. The licensee shall not admit any person to an outdoor festival if such admission would result in a greater number of persons present than permitted by the license.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

A person shall not advertise or announce by any means or medium, including but not confined to pamphlets, handbills, newspapers, radio and television, the holding of an outdoor festival prior to the granting of a license permitting such outdoor festival. The licensee or other person shall not print, distribute, broadcast or use any such advertising or announcement, or any other advertising of the outdoor festival which has not first been approved by the administrative officer or the board of supervisors. The administrative officer or the board of supervisors shall approve such advertising if it states that admission is by ticket only, if all statements are true, and if there is no statement which might imply any conclusion contrary to fact.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

A person shall not enter, be, or remain on any part of the premises on which an outdoor festival is conducted while in the possession of, consuming, using or under the influence of, any alcoholic beverage or drugs. The licensee shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon the licensed premises.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall use such methods of dust control as approved by the county health officer. The county health officer shall approve such methods if he finds that such methods will prevent the rising of dust to an extent which may endanger the public health or safety.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

The licensee shall provide all exterior and interior access ways which the sheriff and county road commissioner find necessary for the use of participants at the festival. All exterior and interior access ways shall be clearly delineated by means of curbs or buffers on the ground. A person shall not occupy any such access way except for the purpose of access or to cross the same.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

In selling, preparing, delivering or serving food or beverages, or both, all persons shall comply with sections 16-3 through 16-6* of this Code and regulations approved pursuant thereto and the California Restaurant Act, Health and Safety Code section 28600 et seq.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

* Sections 16-3 through 16-6 were repealed by Ord. No. 3050, § 1.

A license may be issued pursuant to this article to a corporation duly authorized to transact business in this state, or to a person operating under a fictitious name who has complied with all of the provisions of section 2466 of the Civil Code or any statute superseding or taking the place of such code section. Otherwise all such licenses shall be issued in the true name of the individual or individuals applying therefor.

Except as above provided, no business so licensed may operate under any false or fictitious name.

A license issued to a corporation shall designate such corporation by the exact name which appears in the articles of incorporation of such corporation.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

Unless either specifically permitted in the license or upon the written consent of the administrative officer after his investigation of the proposed transfer, no license issued pursuant to this article shall be transferred from the licensee to any other person or entity or from one location to another location.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

No person shall make any false statement in any application for a license under this article, or in any report or document required by this article.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

(a) Except for a violation of section 6-70.01, every person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each day that such violation continues.

(b) A violation of section 6-70.01 shall be an infraction, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

(c) Any person upon whom an administrative fine is imposed pursuant to section 6-70.01 and subsection (b) of this section may appeal such fine pursuant to the procedures set forth in this section. The appellant must file a written appeal with the sheriff's department within ten working days of service of the citation or any other date of mailing of a notice of determination of fine. The written appeal shall contain:

(1) A brief statement setting forth the interest the appealing party has in the matter relating to the imposition of the fine;

(2) A brief statement of the material facts which the appellant claims supports his or her contention that no administrative fine should be imposed or that an administrative fine of a different amount is warranted;

(d) An appeal of an administrative fine imposed for violations of section 6-70.01 shall be heard by a person appointed by the county to act as the hearing examiner. The administrative fine appeal hearing shall be set no sooner than twenty days and no later than forty-five days following a request for an appeal hearing. Notice of the appeal hearing shall be mailed at least twelve calendar days before the date set for the hearing. Failure to appear timely will cause the administrative fine to become a final order or decision.

(e) In reviewing the fine, the hearing examiner shall consider all facts relating to the issuance of the citation and the reasons therefore and shall uphold the fine imposed, eliminate the fine, or modify it. The decision of the hearing examiner shall constitute the final administrative order or decision of the local agency within the meaning of Government Code Section 53069.4(b)(1).

(f) The hearing examiner shall serve a copy of his or her written decision on the appellant by first class mail to the address provided by appellant in the written notice of appeal. The hearing examiner's decision shall be deemed served within two days after the date it was mailed to the address provided by the appellant.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2; Ord. No. 4653, § 1; Ord. No. 4911, § 1, 2-17-2015)

Should section 6-81 of this article be held invalid for any reason, or be held to render invalid any other portion of this article, then section 6-41 of this Code shall apply to the granting or denial of a license for an outdoor festival. Should sections 6-86 or 6-87 of this article be held invalid for any reason or be held to render invalid any other portion of this article, then section 6-44 of this Code shall apply to the suspension of a license for an outdoor festival.

(Ord. No. 2082, § 2)

When an administrative fine becomes a final order under section 6-107 or Government Code Section 53069.4, the county may proceed to collect the fine as set forth in section 24A-8.

(Ord. No. 4653, § 2)

Any person aggrieved by a final administrative order or decision imposing an administrative fine may seek review with the superior court in Santa Barbara County pursuant to Government Code Section 53069.4.

(Ord. No. 4653, § 2)