It is the purpose of the Grant County Board of Supervisors to regulate
the assemblage of large numbers of people, in excess of those normally needing
the health, sanitary, fire, police, transportation and utility services regularly
provided in Grant County, in order that the health, safety and welfare of
all persons in Grant County, residents and visitors alike, may be protected.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning
indicated:
ASSEMBLY
A company of persons gathered together at any time for any purpose.
An overnight assembly is an assembly of 2,000 or more persons which continues
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. consecutively.
PERSON
An individual natural human being, partnership, corporation, firm,
company, association, society or group.
This chapter shall not apply to:
A. Any regularly established, permanent place of worship, stadium,
athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently
established place of assembly for assemblies which do not exceed the maximum
seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held.
B. Government-sponsored fairs held on regularly established fairgrounds.
Before a license may be issued the applicant shall first:
A. Determine the maximum number of people which will be
assembled or admitted to the location of the assembly, provided that the maximum
number shall not exceed the maximum number which can reasonably assemble at
the location of the assembly in consideration of the nature of the assembly,
and provided that, where the assembly is to continue overnight, the maximum
number shall not be more than is allowed to sleep within the boundaries of
the location of the assembly by the zoning or health ordinances of the County.
B. Provide proof that he will furnish at his own expense
before the assembly commences:
(1) A fence completely enclosing the proposed location, of
sufficient height and strength to prevent people in excess of the maximum
permissible number from gaining access to the assembly grounds, which shall
have at least four gates, at least one at or near four opposite points of
the compass.
(2) Potable water, meeting all federal and state requirements
for purity, sufficient to provide drinking water for the maximum number of
people to be assembled at the rate of at least one gallon per person per day
and water for bathing at the rate of at least 10 gallons per person per day.
(3) Separate enclosed toilets for males and females, meeting
all state and local specifications, conveniently located throughout the grounds,
sufficient to provide facilities for the maximum number of people to be assembled
at the rate of at least one female and one male toilet for every 500 persons,
together with an efficient, sanitary means of disposing of waste matter deposited
which is in compliance with all state and local laws and regulations; a lavatory
with running water under pressure and a continuous supply of soap and paper
towels shall be provided with each toilet.
(4) A sanitary method of disposing of solid waste, in compliance
with state and local laws and regulations, sufficient to dispose of the solid
waste production of the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate
of at least 2.5 pounds of solid waste per person per day, together with a
plan for holding and a plan for collecting all such waste at least once each
day of the assembly and sufficient trash cans with tight-fitting lids and
personnel to perform the task.
(5) Physicians and nurses licensed to practice in Wisconsin
sufficient to provide the average medical care enjoyed by residents of Wisconsin
for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one
physician for every 1,000 people and at least one nurse for every 1,500 people,
together with an enclosed covered structure where treatment may be rendered,
containing separately enclosed treatment rooms for each physician, and at
least one emergency ambulance available for use at all times.
(6) If the assembly is to continue during hours of darkness,
illumination sufficient to light the entire area of the assembly at the rate
of at least five footcandles but not to shine unreasonably beyond the boundaries
of the enclosed location of the assembly.
(7) A free parking area inside of the assembly grounds sufficient
to provide parking space for the maximum number of people to be assembled
at the rate of at least one parking space for every four persons.
(8) Telephones connected to outside lines sufficient to provide
service for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at
least one separate line and receiver for each 1,000 persons.
(9) If the assembly is to continue overnight, camping facilities
in compliance with all state and local requirements as set forth in the Wisconsin
Administrative Code, Wisconsin Statutes and ordinances of this County sufficient
to provide camping accommodations for the maximum number of people to be assembled.
(10) Security guards, either regularly employed, duly sworn,
off-duty Wisconsin peace officers or private guards, sufficient to provide
adequate security for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the
rate of at least one security guard for every 750 people.
(11) Fire protection, including alarms, extinguishing devices
and fire lanes and escapes, sufficient to meet all state and local standards
for the location of the assembly as set forth in the Wisconsin Administrative
Code, Wisconsin Statutes and ordinances of this County, and sufficient emergency
personnel to efficiently operate the required equipment.
(12) A bond, filed with the Grant County Clerk, either in
cash or underwritten by a surety company licensed to do business in Wisconsin,
at the rate of $1 per person for the maximum number of people permitted to
assemble, which shall indemnify and hold harmless this County or any of its
agents, officers, servants and employees from any liability or causes of action
which might arise by reason of granting this license and from any cost incurred
in cleaning up any waste material produced or left by the assembly.
(13) Certificates of insurance coverage issued by bona fide
insurance companies licensed to transact business in this state showing that
such companies have insured said applicant and said assembly in the following
ways:
(a) A comprehensive liability policy with a maximum limit
for all claims in the amount of $2,000,000 and containing a medical payments
coverage guaranteeing payment of all medical bills incurred within one year
of injury by any person by reason of any injury on said premises during such
assembly to a maximum of $5,000 per person.
(b) A fire legal liability policy with a maximum limit of
$2,000,000.
(c) Workers' compensation insurance as required by Wisconsin
law.
The license shall be revoked by the County Clerk at any time if it is
established that any of the conditions necessary for the issuing of or contained
in the license are not complied with, or if any condition previously met ceases
to be complied with.