The City Manager may deny or modify a special event permit for
any of the following reasons:
A. The special event will significantly disrupt traffic within the City,
and no practical solution to such disruption is reasonably available.
B. The special event will significantly interfere with access to or
egress from the fire station such that the ability of the Fire Department
to promptly respond to emergencies would be jeopardized.
C. The location of the special event will cause undue hardship to adjacent
businesses, residents and/or property owners.
D. The special event will require the diversion of City employees which
would unreasonably deny service to the remainder of the City.
E. The special event will interfere with a previously scheduled event.
F. The applicant has submitted materially incomplete or false information.
G. Any other articulable content-neutral reason narrowly designed to
advance a compelling and legitimate City interest with regard to the
special event.
H. The organizers of the special event have outstanding debts with the
City for the same or similar events.
The applicant shall pay a nonrefundable processing fee of $50
and a deposit of $550 for a special event permit. Depending upon the
City services required and the City facilities utilized, some or all
of the deposit may be returned. However, special events of significant
size or scope may require an additional fee to reimburse the City
for additional costs relating to the special event.
The approval of the City Manager of an application for a special
event permit may be made contingent upon the applicant providing the
City a certificate of liability insurance covering the City of Rehoboth
Beach as an additional insured, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000.
In determining whether or not to require insurance under this section,
the City Manager shall consider, among other things, the availability
of such insurance in the community, the size and nature of the event,
the likelihood of harm to the participants and/or spectators and the
financial ability of the applicant to pay for such insurance; provided,
however, such factors and the basis for consideration shall be content-neutral
and shall be narrowly designed to advance a compelling and legitimate
City interest.
No person(s) shall knowingly disrupt or interfere with any duly
permitted special event.
A permit issued under the provisions of this chapter may be
revoked or suspended by the City Manager, without prior notice, for
any of the following causes:
A. Fraud, misrepresentations or a material and significant incorrect
statement contained in the application for the special event permit
or made in the course of promoting the special event.
B. Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter.
C. Conducting the special event in an unlawful manner or is such a manner
as to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general welfare
of the public.