Sec. 15-35. - Discretionary permits.

Public right-of-way special event permits are discretionary and may be subject to conditions. Before issuing the permit, the director may confer with the county environmental health department, permit and resource management department, the California Highway Patrol, and other governmental agencies or county departments which they deem necessary in order to adequately condition the permit being requested. Permit terms and conditions may, where applicable, address the following matters:

(a)

Events starting and ending times;

(b)

County roads which will be travelled or closed for the proposed event;

(c)

Avoidance of conflicts with existing permitted events occurring in temporal and locational proximity to the proposed event. Event applications will be evaluated on a first come, first served basis;

(d)

The number of event participants expected;

(e)

The maximum number of event participants allowed;

(f)

Advanced posting and noticing of the event location or route;

(g)

Traffic control signing and barricades;

(h)

Traffic and event participant monitors;

(i)

Trained special event traffic monitors: Such monitors will only be required if a training program is available and where, in the opinion of the director, such specialized training is required for the safety of the public;

(j)

Adequate, safe parking for event participants;

(k)

Adequate off-road staging area for event participants;

(l)

Arrangements for emergency services for participants and the communities surrounding the event;

(m)

Sanitation facilities for event participants;

(n)

Environmental sustainability of events including disposal of waste;

(o)

Event route signs for directing participants;

(p)

Sweep vehicles to pick up stragglers or injured participants, route signs, litter, barricades, cones or other traffic control devices;

(q)

Communication of pedestrian/bicycle/equestrian road use responsibilities described in California Vehicle Code to trail ride, walkathon, run, marathon or bicycle race participants;

(r)

Return, replacement or repair of traffic control devices or other equipment provided by the department of transportation and public works;

(s)

Plans for evacuation and disaster notification;

(t)

Other matters which the director determines may significantly affect the safety or welfare of event participants or vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

(Ord. No. 6393, § I(Exh. A), 10-25-2022)