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2na Substitute Bill No. 44-07, As Amended: Special Events in Residentially Zoned Area Ordinance Page 6 9. Cell phone number of sponsor which will be accessible throughout the special event. (b) Application Fee for Special Events at Boarding Houses: A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid at the time of filing the completed application. Such application forms shall be available from -the Office of the Licensing Auditor, and shall also be available on-line from the City of South Bend official website. (c) Deadline for Filing and Processing Application for Special Events at Boarding Houses: All applications required by this section must be submitted to the Office of the Licensing Auditor for processing, not less than five (5) business days prior to the special event. The City shall have the authority to waive the five (5) day filing provision in this section in the event of an emergency.s (d) Review and Recommendation. Upon the filing of a completed application, it shall be referred to the Police Department and the Fire Prevention Bureau for their review and recommendations and then returned the Office of the Licensing Auditor in the Department of Administration and Finance. (e) Conditional Use Permit for a Special Event at Boarding House. Upon the City's approval of a special event at a boarding house where twenty-five (25) or more persons are invited to attend and would have access to alcoholic beverages of any kind, the sponsor shall pay a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) and may be issued a "Conditional Use Permit for Special Event at a Boarding House" by the Department of Administration and Finance. Said permit must be conspicuously displayed in the inside front window of the location of such special event. (fJ Conditions: The sponsor shall have the duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent the consumption of alcoholic beverages of any kind by any minor at the special event at the boarding house. Reasonable steps include: 1. Controlling the access to alcoholic beverages of any kind at the special event; 2. Controlling the quantity of alcoholic beverages present at the special event; 3. Verifying the age of persons attending the special event by inspecting drivers' licenses or other government-issued identification cards to ensure that the minors do not consume alcoholic beverages of any kind while at the special event; and 4. Supervising the activities of minors at the special event. Nothing in this sub-section should be interpreted to prohibit any religious practice which includes the use of alcohol. If a minor leaves such special event which had a religious practice which included the use of 5 The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services' Publication No. 39 entitled Student Party Riots (February 2006) recommends regulations for "...a group of 25 or more students with access to alcohol...officials can impose pre-defined restrictions on gatherings by requiring students to get a permit before hosting a gathering....requiring permits serves at least two important purposes. First it notifies authorities of large gatherings in advance, which eliminates the unwanted element of surprise. Second, the pre-defined conditions can be used to limit the number of attendees, control the availability of alcohol, and establish minimum standards that must be met before people can assemble" (p. 2, p. 22)