[Adopted as § 11.115 of the former City Code; amended in its entirety 5-16-2023 by Ord. No. 23-15]
A. 
The Police Department will be authorized to close Riverside Park for through traffic for up to three days prior to and one day after any annual festival with an approved special event permit which is expected to utilize all of Riverside Park. The Police Department may further close Labaree Street from Anne Street to Short Street during the same time period. Alternate route around the park shall be from Hus Drive to North Fourth Street to Hill Street to Werner Street to Boughton Street. Barricades shall be used to control traffic on Labaree Street between North Fourth Street and Boughton Street as necessary for vehicle and crowd safety.
B. 
The area just east of the barricade at Perry and Labaree Streets shall be designated for police/emergency vehicles.
C. 
At the intersection of Perry and Labaree Streets on the south side of Labaree Street, up to two parking spaces shall be marked as a "loading zone" for the discharge and pickup of passengers only.
D. 
The south side of Labaree Street from the loading zone at Perry and Labaree Streets shall be marked and designated for handicapped parking from Perry Street to Boughton Street.
E. 
The police shall be authorized to post "no parking" signs on one side of all the narrow streets in the Riverfest Grounds area in the interest of crowd safety, traffic control or an emergency vehicle route.
A. 
The purpose of the special event licenses is to provide first-class entertainment, high-quality food, and a congenial atmosphere for the enjoyment of the citizens of the City and surrounding communities; to attract visitors and tourists to the City; and to further the economic interests of the businesspersons of the City. It is the purpose of this article to reduce or minimize the dangers or hazards to vehicular or pedestrian traffic on or about licensed special events; to reduce or minimize the possibility of damage to public or private property and the liability of the City therefor; to reduce or minimize the proliferation of trash, garbage and litter arising out of licensed special events; to reduce or minimize the risks to public safety in the crowds and control of the crowds on or about licensed special events; and to promote licensed special events in furtherance of and in a manner consistent with the public health, safety, welfare, tranquility and interest.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or organization to vend, sell, dispose or offer to vend, sell, dispose or display any goods, wares or merchandise on any public sidewalk, public way, street, alley or within the public right-of-way upon a licensed special event, as defined in an application for special event, or within 500 feet of any of the primary entrances to a licensed special event, without first having obtained a permit from the organization licensed for the special event for that purpose and having paid a permit fee therefor, as set by said organization.
C. 
Application for the permit to vend, sell, dispose or display merchandise, goods or wares shall be made in writing to the City Clerk/Treasurer at least two weeks prior to the beginning of a licensed special event. The application shall contain the name of the applicant, if an individual; the names of partners, if a copartnership; or the names of principal officers, if a corporation, LLC, LC, LP, LLP, church, club or charitable institution, and shall include the location of the place or places where such merchandise, goods or wares are to be so displayed and sold. The organization licensed for the special event shall be authorized to designate where such merchandise, goods or wares are to be so displayed and sold, if at all.
A. 
No person shall operate, ride or use for transportation or recreation any wheeled device while on the grounds of a licensed special event, other than law enforcement officers in the normal course of their duties on the grounds, without permission from the organization licensed for the special event. A "wheeled device" shall include but not be limited to the following: roller skates, in-line skates, skateboards, bicycles, scooters and roller skis.
B. 
No person shall fail to obey any official sign or warning erected on the premises of a special event to control pedestrian or vehicular traffic, which includes all entrance and exit signs at all stands on the premises of a special event.