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1.004 USE PERMITS <br />(1) Permit Required. Unless specifically authorized by the City pursuant to a <br />written agreement, license, permit or other Administrative Rule, no person may conduct a public <br />assembly, private gathering, parade, picnic, or other event involving more than 20 individuals in a <br />City park, open space or park facility without first obtaining either a Standard Use Permit or a <br />Special Event Permit. <br />(a) A request to use a City park, open space or park facility must be <br />submitted to the Public Works Department (1820 Roosevelt, Blvd., Eugene, OR <br />97402) by completing an application form provided by the City. The application <br />must be accompanied by an application fee as established by Administrative Order <br />of the City Manger pursuant to section 2.020 of the Eugene Code. Application fees <br />for Standard Use or Special Event permits are not refundable. If an event is canceled, <br />facility rental fees are refundable in the manner prescribed by Administrative Order <br />of the City Manger. <br />(b) Permit applications must be accompanied by a signed statement (on <br />a form provided by the City) providing that the applicant will defend, indemnify and <br />hold harmless the City, its officials, agents and employees, for all claims of injury to <br />property or persons that may arise as a result of any activity occumng at the event for <br />which the applicant seeks a City permit. <br />©) Permit applications will be processed in the order of receipt. <br />(d) A person must obtain a Standard Use Permit to reserve a City park, <br />open space or park facility for private gatherings of invited guests, such as weddings, <br />bar mitzvahs, birthday parties, scheduled business gatherings, etc. <br />(e) A person must obtain a Special Event Permit to hold an event in a <br />City park, open space or facility if the event will: <br />1. Have a controlled admission; or, <br />2. Require the erection of canopies, tents, booths, or stages; or, <br />3. Be advertised as a public event; or, <br />4. Amplify sound for more than two hours; or, <br />5. Use a park or open space facility as a staging site for a public <br />event that exceeds the capacity of the rental facility. <br />Administrative Order - 4 <br />C:\User\ADMINORD\I'OS03.wpd <br />