Ventura Municipal Code Art. 5 Special Permit Conditions

A. The director may condition a permit with reasonable requirements concerning the time, place, or manner of holding such event as necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or to control vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the site of the event; provided, that these requirements will not be imposed in a manner that will unreasonably restrict the exercise of free speech rights.

B. Conditions may include, without limitation:

1. Accommodating an event’s pedestrian and vehicular traffic, including restriction of events to a particular park;

2. Avoiding substantial interference with public safety and/or emergency service access;

3. Limiting the number and type of vehicles, animals, or structures to be displayed or used in the event;

4. Having city personnel inspecting and approving stages, booths, and other structures or vehicles to be used or operated in the event, in order to ensure that such structures or vehicles are safely constructed and can be safely operated;

5. Providing the city a security deposit for repair and/or additional maintenance if the event uses structures, displays, large animals, operates water stations, food sales, beverage sales, and/or sales of other goods or services;

6. Providing and using traffic cones and barricades;

7. Providing and operating first aid stations or sanitary facilities, including sanitary facilities accessible to the disabled;

8. Providing and using garbage containers, and cleaning and restoring the event site upon termination of the event;

9. Using sound amplification equipment, and restricting the amount of noise generated by motors and other equipment used in the course of the event;

10. The manner for providing notice of permit conditions to event participants;

11. Providing and using emergency services;

12. Obtaining any and all licenses or permits required by this code or California law for the sale or distribution of food, beverages, or other goods or services at the event, including, without limitation, a valid health permit as required by California Health and Safety Code Section 113920, and any successor statute or regulation, if food is distributed to the public more than three days in any 90-day period;

13. Providing electricity, gas, and water for the event;

14. Providing signage and barricades that may be necessary to avoid conflicts between persons participating in the event and other persons using the park in and around the site of the event or which may be necessary to protect the park, landscaping, or natural vegetation in and around site of the event;

15. Providing monitors and security personnel that may be necessary to safely carry out the event;

16. Permitting access the site of the event through park gates at times when gates are normally closed in order to prepare for an event or to clean up and remove equipment and structures at the conclusion of the event;

17. Permitting overnight camping by persons engaged in preparing for the event or providing overnight security for equipment and structures utilized in such event; and

18. Providing for the manner in which alcohol sales and service, if any, will be conducted. (Ord. No. 2019-022, § 1, 12-9-19)

A. The director may add additional conditions to previously issued permits upon learning or discovering facts not previously disclosed or reasonably discoverable.

B. Should subsequent conditions be required, the director will serve written notice on the permittee of this decision. When acting upon information obtained 24 hours before an event, the director may orally inform the permittee, and city personnel overseeing the event, of the new conditions.

C. Except where otherwise provided, a permittee may seek review of imposition of subsequent conditions to the assistant city manager as provided in this chapter. The assistant city manager’s decision is a final determination. There will be no right of city council appeal.

D. Except where otherwise provided, an applicant conducting a free speech event may appeal the decision to impose subsequent conditions through a hearing before the assistant city manager. The assistant city manager’s decision is a final determination. There will be no right of city council appeal.

1. An applicant is entitled to an appeals hearing provided the applicant appeals the director’s decision within 24 hours of receiving notice of such conditions and the event’s purpose is for free speech.

2. The hearing will be at the assistant city manager’s office at 4:00 p.m. the next business day after the hearing is requested, unless otherwise agreed upon. The assistant city manager will issue a decision orally at the conclusion of the hearing and will also notify the applicant and the director in writing of the assistant city manager’s decision. Any notification will describe, with particularity, the facts and reasons supporting the decision. (Ord. No. 2019-022, § 1, 12-9-19)