5.05.010 Intent and purpose.

The intent of this chapter is to provide a regulatory framework for permitting special events and temporary outdoor promotions. The use of private property, city streets or other city-owned or controlled property by large groups causes wear and tear on turf, park equipment and facilities, and requires city staff time to provide support services, such as traffic control. Such uses can also subject neighboring residents and businesses to noise and traffic. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that special events and temporary outdoor promotions are conducted so as not to violate any other ordinance or regulation of the city, or cause detrimental effects to surrounding properties and the community-at-large. It is the intent of the city to protect the rights of the people to engage in expressive activities in the city's public places, as well as to regulate the time, place and manner of these activities in a reasonable and minimally restrictive fashion.