[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Concord 12-5-2006 by Ord. No. 307.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Chapter
178 but was renumbered to maintain the alphabetical organization of the Code.
As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
Any outdoor activity, show, contest, carnival, gathering, or meeting,
other than regularly conducted church and school activities, which occurs
upon nonresidential property, including but not limited to social gatherings,
special appearances, promotional activities, footraces and bicycle races.
No tents or other removable structures may be erected without prior
authorization from the Pennsylvania Department of Licenses and Inspections
and Concord Township.
No special event may be advertised or conducted without first having
obtained a special event permit from the Township of Concord.
The permit fee shall be in an amount set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors, as stated in the application.
An application for a special event permit shall be submitted no later
than 45 days prior to the proposed event to the Department of Code Enforcement
with a nonrefundable payment in an amount to be established from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The following information shall
be included in the application:
A.
Description;
B.
Name, address and telephone number of the sponsoring
organization or individual;
C.
Proposed date, location and hours of operation;
D.
Schedule of proposed events;
E.
An outline of security, traffic, crowd control, sanitation
measures and such other necessary preparations as the event might require
(subject to review by the Fire Marshal and Township Manager).
F.
A letter from the property owner authorizing such activity,
if the owner is not the sponsor of the event.
Reasons for denial of a special event permit may include but not be
limited to:
A.
The special event would interrupt the safe and orderly
movement of vehicular traffic on streets or commercial parking lots so as
to create a real and present danger to the health, safety and welfare of the
residents of the Township of Concord.
B.
The special event will create a real and present danger
to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Township of Concord
by preventing fire-fighting equipment, ambulance service, rescue vehicles
or other public safety vehicles from reaching any property in the Township
of Concord.
C.
The special event will cause undue hardship to adjacent
businesses or residents or will require the diversion of public employees
such that their absence from their usual assignments would pose a danger to
the residents of Concord Township.
D.
The application contains incomplete or inaccurate information.
E.
The applicant fails to comply with the terms of this
chapter, including failure to remit all fees.
F.
The special event poses a danger to the general health,
safety or welfare of the Township's residents.
The Department of Code Enforcement shall act upon an application for
a special event within 15 days after filing thereof. If the application is
disapproved, a notice shall be mailed to the applicant, within 15 days after
the filing date and shall include the reasons for denial of the permit and
the procedure for appeal.
A special event may not be held more often than every three months,
regardless of a change in location.
Immediately upon the issuance of the special event permit, the Department
of Code Enforcement shall send a copy of the permit to the following:
The applicant shall have the sole responsibility of clearing the special
event location of any rubbish and debris and returning it to its pre-event
condition within 12 hours of the conclusion of the event. If the applicant
fails to do so, the Township shall arrange such cleanup, and the entire cost
of such cleanup shall be charged to the applicant.
Any applicant whose special event permit application has been denied
or revoked may appeal the decision of the Department of Code Enforcement to
the Township Board of Supervisors by filing a written notice of such appeal
with the Township Manager within five days after receipt of the notice of
denial or revocation. The Township Board of Supervisors shall set a hearing
date within 15 days of receiving the notice of appeal. At such hearing, the
applicant is entitled to be heard and present evidence on his/her behalf.
The Township Board of Supervisors shall determine whether the denial or revocation
of the permit was justified.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity which violates any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500, plus costs of prosecution.
Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue after notice
from the Township shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.
