Santa Maria Municipal Code Art. 1 Nonprofit

Any lodge, church, club, society, union, organization, group of individuals, or individual, not created or acting for purposes of profit, may obtain a permit for the use of any portion of any recreational buildings or lands of the City, for the purposes provided in this chapter, in the manner set out in this article and none other.

(Prior Code § 2-90)

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Editor's Note: Section 10-3.101 through Section 10-3.104 was amended by request of the City Attorney.

Any such organization or person shall submit a request in writing to the Director of Recreation and Parks stating the time at which such use is desired, the portion of the recreational facilities desired, the nature of the use for which it is desired, and whether an admission price is proposed to be charged and, if so, what the admission price is proposed to be.

(Prior Code § 2-90)

The Director shall, after receipt of the request provided for in Section 10-3.102, investigate the facts of the matter. The Director may grant a permit upon any conditions which he deems reasonably necessary to protect and preserve the recreational buildings or lands of the City. If an admission price is proposed to be charged, the Director shall require the petitioner to provide evidence, satisfactory to the Director, that proceeds from such admission will not profit any person, except that such proceeds may be used for any valid, charitable purposes for which the petitioning organization, group or individual has been formed or is acting. In the event of the failure or refusal of the petitioner to provide such evidence, the permit shall not be granted.

(Prior Code § 2-90)

The Director, as a condition precedent to the granting of a permit under this article, may require a sufficient security, in cash or otherwise, to reimburse and indemnify the City for the cost of lights, cleaning, repairs and other expenses arising from the use of such facilities under such permit, and to require the petitioner to execute an agreement for the use of such facilities or equipment, and may impose such other and further conditions as he deems necessary to the granting of such permit.

(Prior Code § 2-90)

In the event the Director refuses to grant the permit requested under this article, the applicant may appeal such refusal in writing to the Recreation and Parks Commission by filing notice thereof in writing with the Director of Recreation and Parks within not more than 30 days following refusal of the permit by the Director. The Commission shall consider such appeal at its next meeting following the filing of such appeal. The Director shall, upon such appeal being filed, notify the appellant in writing of the date, time and place of the next meeting of the Commission and set the matter of the appeal on the agenda of the Commission for the meeting. The appellant shall be entitled to be heard on the matter at the meeting. The Commission, by majority vote of the quorum present, may affirm or overrule the action of the Director in refusing the permit and may, in overruling, impose such additional conditions or change such conditions of the issuance of the permit as the Commission deems reasonably necessary.

(Prior Code § 2-90)

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Editor's Note: Section 10-3.105 was amended by request of the City Attorney.

Athletic contests, demonstrations or exhibits, and other educational contests, demonstrations or exhibits, may be held from time to time; provided, that no such contests, demonstrations or exhibits may be held for which an admission fee is charged unless the same are amateur and noncommercial.

(Prior Code § 2-89)