This article shall apply to all charitable, benevolent, religious,
literary, scientific, and/or educational institutions or organizations
and any other organizations, firms, corporations, persons, partnerships,
or other entities, whether or not any of such are organized for profit
or nonprofit purposes and whether or not any such event or affair
is for profit or nonprofit or charitable purposes; except any known
organized sports or events such as little league baseball, adult softball,
etc., shall have first refusal on Town facilities, and any event or
affair sponsored by the Town of Winslow or any of its boards, agencies,
or departments, shall be exempt from this article, except that the
director of parks and recreation shall retain authority over the scheduling
and conduct and use of all municipally owned lands for such events
or affairs sponsored by any such organization of the Town of Winslow
or any of its boards, agencies, or departments.
In addition to the nonrefundable fee as required by this article,
the municipal officers may require the applicant/permittee to provide
a deposit, in cash or certified check, in a sum not to exceed $500,
with the Town Treasurer to offset any costs incurred by the Town of
Winslow for damages to any municipally owned land or any expenses
incurred by the Town of Winslow as a result of or arising from that
event or affair of the applicant/permittee; if, after inspection of
that municipally owned land used by the applicant/permittee by the
Parks and Recreation Director, no damage has occurred, the deposit
shall be refunded, and if damage has occurred, the Town Treasurer
shall apply such deposit towards such damage and refund the balance,
if any, to the applicant/permittee, and if damage has occurred which
exceeds the deposit, the applicant/permittee shall continue to be
responsible for such damages as mentioned herein by this section and
shall be so liable by civil suit by the Town of Winslow and by fine
as herein stated in this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
No applicant/permittee shall preempt any event or affair over
any other event or affair which has previously been granted a permit
and the Parks and Recreation Director may grant exclusive use of that
municipally owned land upon which such event or affair of the applicant/permittee
shall occur.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The applicant/permittee shall not allow any alcoholic beverages
at its event or affair on such municipally owned land unless such
event or affair is catered by a holder of a current license from the
Maine State Liquor and Lottery Commission with prior approval of the
Parks and Recreation Director.
Any applicant/permittee denied the use of municipally owned
land for any event or affair shall have the right to appeal the denial
to the Town Council, and the appeal shall be made in writing, stating
all information concerning the denial, and shall be filed with the
Town Clerk within seven days from such denial.
[Amended 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 3-2010]
Any firm, organization, corporation, persons or other entity
which shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of this article
or which violates any conditions of any permit granted under the provisions
hereof, shall be subject to, besides civil lawsuit and damages, court
summons and immediate suspension of such permit by the police chief
or his representative, and shall upon conviction be punished by a
fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus restitution
for any damages done or cleanup necessitated by such violations. Each
incident of a violation of this article or a condition of a permit
hereunder or each day any such violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense, and no permit shall be issued for a period of
up to 18 months.