[Adopted as § 11.115 of the former City Code]
The Annual Riverfest Celebration which occurs within the corporate
City limits of the City of Watertown in the month of August shall
be subject to the rules and regulations in this article.
A.
There is hereby established a Riverfest Celebration Commission for
the City, which shall consist of not more than 15 members to be selected
by the Chairperson. The Chairperson of the Riverfest Celebration Commission
shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Common Council,
to serve for a term of one year without compensation.
B.
The Chairperson of the Riverfest Celebration Commission is authorized
to execute such documents as are necessary on behalf of the City to
conduct the Annual Riverfest Celebration, subject to the terms and
conditions outlined below.
Location. The Annual Riverfest Celebration shall be held in
Riverside Park, which includes the volleyball area, the ball diamonds,
the island, swimming pool and entire park area between Labaree Street
and the Rock River from Boughton Street west up to and including the
west playground area. This area shall be designated the Riverfest
Grounds. (See map.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: The map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
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
the scheduled event on Labaree Street from Anne Street to Short Street.
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.
Fermented malt beverages may be sold at designated stations within
the confines of the Riverfest Grounds during the course of the celebration,
and a license for the sale of fermented malt beverages is not required
pursuant to § 125.06(6), Wis. Stats., for the reason that
the City of Watertown will be conducting the celebration through an
appointed commission.
B.
All receipts from the sale of fermented malt beverages during the
course of the celebration will be deposited to the treasury of the
City of Watertown.
C.
The City of Watertown Riverfest Celebration Commission may hire employees
to dispense fermented malt beverages on the Riverfest Grounds during
the course of the celebration and arrange whatever compensation it
deems justified under the circumstances.
D.
There shall be at least one licensed operator at each of the designated
stations on the premises where fermented malt beverages are dispensed
during the course of the celebration at all times that fermented malt
beverages are dispensed. The one or more licensed operators shall
have responsibility for supervising unlicensed employees who are dispensing
fermented malt beverages in their areas.
E.
Section 410-52 of Chapter 410 of this Code, pertaining to the possession of fermented malt beverages on public streets, sidewalks and public parking lots, is to be waived for the dates of the celebration in such areas of the Riverfest Grounds as designated by the Mayor and Chief of Police, except that it shall not be allowed to dispense fermented malt beverages at the volleyball courts unless by Commission approval.
F.
During the event there shall be no alcohol beverages carried into
or out of the Riverfest Grounds.
A.
The purpose of the Annual Riverfest Celebration 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 the Riverfest Grounds; 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 the Riverfest
Celebration; to reduce or minimize the risks to public safety in the
crowds and control of the crowds on or about the Riverfest Grounds;
and to promote the Riverfest Celebration 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 the Riverfest Grounds, as defined
in this section, or within 500 feet of any of the primary entrances
to the Riverfest Grounds, without first having obtained a permit from
the Riverfest Commission for that purpose and having paid a permit
fee therefor, as set by said Commission.
C.
Application for the permit to vend, sell, dispose or display merchandise,
goods or wares shall be made in writing to the City Clerk at least
two weeks prior to the beginning of the Riverfest Celebration. 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, 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 Riverfest Commission
shall be authorized to designate where such merchandise, goods or
wares are to be so displayed and sold, if at all.
[Added by Ord. No. 89-78; amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
[Added by Ord. No. 91-84; amended by Ord. No.
96-39]
A.
No person shall operate, ride or use for transportation or recreation
any wheeled device while on the grounds defined in this section, other
than law enforcement officers in the normal course of their duties
on the grounds. 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 grounds to control pedestrian or vehicular traffic, which includes
all entrance and exit signs at all concession stands on the celebration
grounds.
