No person shall exhibit, sponsor, hold, promote
or operate any pageant, amusement show or theatrical performance,
including a music festival or exhibition, which in excess of 1,000
people are expected to attend and where a substantial portion of the
entertainers or persons attending will be out of doors without first
procuring from the municipal officers a license therefor at least
seven days prior to the event.
No license shall be granted by the municipal
officers unless the applicant satisfies the municipal officers that
the following facilities will be available for such event in the area
to be used, and no such person shall hold such an event unless such
facilities are available:
A.
Water supplies of potable quality shall be reasonably
spaced throughout the area to be used, with a minimum amount available
of 1 1/2 gallons per day per person expected to attend. Such
water may be batch chlorinated in a tank to provide a chlorine residual
of at least 0.5 part per million. At each facility there shall be
adequate spigots with cups or dispensers.
B.
Latrine facilities. Separate male and female facilities
shall be made available. Such facilities shall conform to the Maine
State Plumbing Code.
[Amended 11-4-1986]
C.
At each toilet facility, there shall be handwashing
facilities, which may utilize stored water with outlets equipped with
spring-operated spigots, with adequate provision for disposal of wastewater
to soakage pits and with soap dispensers available.
D.
Adequate metal, wood or plastic containers with a
height of at least two feet and diameter of at least two feet shall
be spaced in the area to take care of solid waste, with at least one
container for each reasonably anticipated 100 persons. Within 24 hours
after the close of the event, such waste material shall be removed
to the solid waste transfer station.
[Amended 11-4-1986]
E.
A first-aid facility shall be provided on the grounds
with at least one ambulance in attendance and one doctor for each
1,000 persons expected to attend.
F.
Off-street parking facilities shall be furnished,
with at least one car space with adequate accessways for each six
persons reasonably expected to attend. A uniformed police officer
or constable shall be provided to direct traffic to and from public
ways, with at least one officer for each reasonably expected 500 persons.
A.
Prior to the issuance of the license and the holding
of the event, the applicant shall furnish a corporate surety bond
from a company authorized to do business in Maine, insuring that forthwith
after the event the grounds will be cleaned of waste and that damages
to public or private property in the area arising out of or in connection
with the event will be promptly paid, such bond to be in the amount
of $5,000 for each reasonably expected 1,000 persons in attendance.
B.
The applicant shall file with his application adequate
proof that he has authority from any landowner to use his property
and shall furnish a plan showing the size and location of the toilet
and washing facilities, waste containers, first-aid facilities and
off-the-street parking.
[Amended 11-7-2000]
Any person directly or indirectly exhibiting,
promoting, sponsoring, operating or holding such event as owner, lessor,
lessee, landlord, tenant, operator or entertainer and not complying
with this article shall be liable to a civil penalty of $100 per day
for each infraction, shall be personally responsible for damages to
public or private property arising out of or in connection therewith
and shall be subject to any civil or injunctive relief that may be
reasonable and proper.
