6.20.030 Application and Permit Required.
(1) All persons sponsoring, maintaining, promoting, or conducting a special event shall pay the application processing fee, complete a permit application, and obtain a special event permit prior to conducting the special event. A valid permit to hold a special event shall authorize any person expressly named in the permit to engage in any lawful activity described in the permit.
(2)
(a) A special event permit shall normally be granted upon:
(i) Proper completion of the application for the permit;
(ii) The availability of the special event location for reservation;
(iii) The payment of all required fees, deposits, or posting of bonds;
(iv) The presentation of evidence that the applicant has complied with all the conditions set forth in Section 6.20.040, Provo City Code, and has secured all necessary inspections and permits, including a temporary mass gathering permit, if required; and
(v) The applicant’s certification that the conduct of the event will be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mayor or Mayor’s designee may deny the issuance of a permit if, after a careful and thorough review of the application, the Mayor or Mayor’s designee makes written findings that:
(i) There are compelling grounds to believe that the special event would either endanger the public’s health, safety or welfare or interfere with another previously approved public assembly or special event; and
(ii) The Mayor or Mayor’s designee cannot through reasonable governmental action address the concerns raised in Subsection (2)(b)(i) of this Section. In taking reasonable government action to facilitate and protect the orderly conduct of public assemblies and special events, the Mayor is authorized to create buffer zones between groups by executive order where there is a history of violence between groups, or where an applicant for or organizer of a group has at previous events in any jurisdiction participated in acts of aggression or violence, or has been convicted of or is currently charged with riot or other violent acts at public events. The Mayor is also authorized to take such other actions consistent with free exercise of constitutional rights to prevent conflicting special events from interfering with each other or otherwise endangering the public’s health, safety or welfare.
(iii) Denial of a permit may be appealed by following the administrative hearing process set forth in Chapter 3.06, Provo City Code.
(3) A separate event permit shall be required for each location for which a temporary mass gathering permit is required. The permit shall identify the maximum number of people, vehicles, and/or animals permitted to assemble at the special event location. The specific activities to take place shall also be expressly stated in the permit. The permit holder shall not sell tickets to, nor allow to assemble at the special event location, more people, vehicles, and animals than the maximum permissible number specified in the permit.
(4) The permit requirements of this Chapter shall apply to government-sponsored fairs and other special events held on regularly established fairgrounds or other government property, and to public assemblies and special events sponsored by Provo City or expressly authorized by the Provo City Code, City ordinances, the Mayor’s administrative directives, executive orders, or other City regulations.
(5) Applicant shall retain a copy of the special events permit with its conditions and keep such permit available for inspection at the event.