50A - ORD SPECIAL EVENTS/PARADES

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2007 TITLE: ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING PARADES AND SPECIAL EVENTS i C MANA R RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 1S` Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt an ordinance amending Sections 10-7, 10-9, 10-22, and 10-22.2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to parade and special events permits. DISCUSSION The City of Santa Ana Municipal Code currently regulates the process for issuance of permits for parades and special events within the City of Santa on public property. Currently, Sections 10-7, 10-9 and 10-22, 10- 22.2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code set forth the definitions, permit application requirements and deadlines for conducting a parade or a special event on public property. In order to adequately manage the process and to ensure the most effective use of the City's limited resources while safeguarding residents and visitors during these events, amendments to the Santa Ana Municipal Code are necessary. These amendments include establishing the time frame for the submission of permit applications and a requirement for a petition signed by at least eighty percent of all residents and businesses impacted by a special event to ensure support for the special event by the residents or businesses affected. These amendments are needed to clarify the application requirements and to allow adequate time for the City Manager and/or his staff to process permit applications for said activities. The proposed amendments will provide the City with the opportunity to fully evaluate the resources needed to support parades and special events and ensure that those resources can be adequately distributed and managed. 50A-1