Ordinance 2296 - Amending Chapter 5.50 of Campbell Municipal Code Regarding Special Events PermitORDINANCE NO. 2296
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL AMENDING
CHAPTER 5.50 OF THE CAMPBELL MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SPECIAL
EVENTS PERMIT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: 5.50.010 of the Campbell Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows
with strikethroughs (s+rikethrG g# ) indicating deleted text, and underlining (underlining)
indicating added test:
5.50.010 — Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context or the provision clearly
requires otherwise:
(a) "Festival", means a fair, exhibition, ceremony, art show, program, celebration or
other public assemblage of people for the conduct of a festivity, involving the
complete or partial use or closure of any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, or
other public right-of-way in the city to normal vehicular or pedestrian traffic and
includes the complete or partial use of a city park.
(b) "Footrace" means an event generally open to members of the public and
sponsored by a person, organization or group, wherein the participants run or jog
following an established route over public highways, streets, alleys, sidewalks., or
other public rights -of -way within the city, city parks or trails within the city.
(c) "Parade" means a march, procession, motorcade or walk upon any public highway,
street, alley, sidewalk or other public right-of-way in the city. The term "parade" as
used in this chapter, does not include a funeral procession consisting of a single
direct movement from a mortuary or church to a place of burial.
(d) "Special event" means a parade, footrace or festival, as such terms are defined in
this section. However a "block party" -'shall not be considered a "special event" for
purposes of this chapter.
(e) "Block party" means a large public party involving more than twenty people in
which members of a single residential neighborhood congregate, either to observe
an event of some importance or simply for mutual enjoyment, involving the
complete or partial use or closure of any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, or
other public right-of-way in the city to normal vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Section 1: 5.50.020 of the Campbell Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows
with strikethroughs (strikethro g4i ) indicating deleted text , and underlining (underlining)
indicating added test:
5.50.020 - Permit required — Prohibited activity
(a) No person shall hold, conduct, carry on or cause to be held, conducted or carried
on any special event in the city which will impede the normal flow of traffic or
requires the closure of a public street, without first having obtained from the city
council a permit to do so issued pursuant to this chapter.
(b) No person shall hold, conduct, carry on or cause to be held, conducted or carried
on any block party in the city without first having obtained from the police
department a permit to do so issued pursuant to an adopted city administrative
policy.
(c) No person shall hold conduct, carry on or cause to be held, conducted or carried
on any special event in a city park without first having obtained from the recreation
and community services department a permit to do so issued pursuant to an
adopted city administrative'policy.
(sd) No person may engage in any of the following activities:
(1) Participate in a special event or block party for which a permit has not been
issued;
(2) Participate in a permitted special event or block party in violation of the terms
of the permit;
(3) Participate in a permitted special event or block party without the consent of
the permittee;
(4) Interfere with the orderly conduct of a permitted special event or block party;
(5) Sell or offer for sale on public streets, sidewalks or rights -of -way any goods,
wares or merchandise from vehicles, wagons, pushcarts, stalls, booths or other
methods, during or in connection with a permitted special event, unless such
sales'activity is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the special event permit and with the authorization of the
permittee.
Section 3: 5.50.040 of the Campbell Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows
with strikethroughs (strikethFo inhs) indicating deleted text, and underlining (underlining)
indicating added test:
5.50.040 Investigation of application.
(a) The recreation and community services director shall transmit a copy of the
application for review and comment by each of the following departments:
(1) Police department; and
(2) Public works department.
The foregoing departments shall be requested to indicate on the application that
the proposed permit is either approved or disapproved or approved subject to specified
conditions, and to return the application to the recreation and community services
director within twenty days.
(b) Upon receipt of the comments and recommendations from the persons and
agencies referred to in subsection (a) of this section, but in no event later than #may
sixty days after the date the application is filed, the reGFeatinn and nnmmmi�v
seWiGes direE;ta police department shall cause the application to be agendized for
the hearing and determination by the city council if event includes street closures or
alcohol sales. For events held in city parks an authorization or denial letter will be
Provided by the Recreation and Community Services Department.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid, such decision or decisions shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this ordinance, and each section,. subsection, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid. -
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following its passage,
and shall be published one time within fifteen (15) days upon passage and adoption in
the Metro Silicon Valley, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Campbell,
County of Santa Clara.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 2023 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Lopez, Scozzola, Furtado, Landry, Bybee
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
APPROVED:
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Anne Bybee, Mayor -
ATTEST:
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Andrea Sandgrs, City Clerk