[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Burlington 7-26-1994; amended in its entirety 7-28-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-015. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person, organization, firm, or other entity that desires
to hold an event in Burlington Township must file an application with
the Township Clerk. The events requiring such an application shall
include, but not be limited to, a parade, rally, demonstration, concert,
carnival, circus or similar activity. Applications for event permits
must be filed with the Township Clerk not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the
event. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of a certificate
of insurance naming Burlington Township as a coinsured in the minimum
amount of $2,000,000. In addition, if the event will be held on property
not owned by the sponsoring person, organization or group, written
permission of the property owner shall be required. All information
required in the application process must be supplied. The failure
to submit the required information may result in rejection of the
application.
At the time of filing application, a nonrefundable fee in the
amount of $200 shall accompany the application; checks or money orders
for this fee shall be payable to the Township of Burlington.
[Amended 10-22-2013 by Ord. No. 13-OR-034]
A.
It shall be the obligation of the applicant to comply with all event
permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and
ordinances. The event chairman or other person in charge of the event
activity shall carry the event permit upon their person during the
conduct of the event.
B.
It shall be the obligation of the applicant to make arrangements
to meet with the Director of Public Safety if it has been determined
that police protection or traffic control is required.
C.
It shall be the obligation of the applicant to make arrangements
to meet with the Director of Licensing and Inspection if it has been
determined that portable generators and/or temporary electrical service
is required.
D.
It shall be the obligation of the applicant to make arrangements
to meet with the Fire Prevention Official if it has been determined
that charcoal, electric or gas grills and/or tents will be used.
E.
The event permit will not be issued until these obligations have
been met.
In order that the said event shall be run in an orderly manner,
it shall be the duty of the Burlington Township Police Department
to assign as many police officers as it may deem necessary to monitor
the event. The fees for said police protection will be paid for in
advance by the sponsor of the event at the prevailing rates set forth
in the Township Code. Any unused funds for police protection will
be returned to the event sponsor.
A.
All applications for event permits shall be subject to the review
and approval of the following departments in Burlington Township:
Administration Department, Engineering Department, Fire District,
Licenses & Inspections Department, Public Safety Department, Public
Works Department, Recreation Department and Township Clerk. Upon approval
of the required department directors, the request for an event permit
will be placed on a Township agenda for approval by the governing
body.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-025]
B.
In the event the governing body rejects the request, the Township
Clerk shall not issue the event permit and the application fee returned.
After favorably considering said application, the Township Council
shall instruct the Clerk to issue a permit for the event. Once the
application is approved and the permit is issued, the fees are nonrefundable.
Upon written notice of the approval of the event permit, the
event chairman or other person in charge of the event shall be responsible
to cause to be printed in the daily newspaper with primary circulation
in the Township of Burlington a proper notification to the general
public specifying the time, date, location and duration of the event
for which the permit is granted. If the event is a parade, the assembly
point, parade route and termination point must be advertised also.
This notice shall be printed no later than five days prior to the
date that the event is to be conducted, and a copy shall be provided
to the Township Clerk.
Any appeals from the denial of an event permit application shall
be made to the Township Council of the Township of Burlington.
In case the said event is not run in an orderly and proper manner,
the Township Council reserves the right to cancel the permit given
therefor and the fees paid shall be retained by said Township Council.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-025]
The following entities/organizations shall be exempt from the
application fee, insurance requirements and notice requirements of
this chapter: the Township of Burlington and its appointed boards
and commissions, Burlington Township Board of Education, Burlington
Township Fire District. However, the aforementioned departments are
subject to the filing review and approval process.
