Substitute 55-18 Amendment adding Article 14 to Chapter 14 to address Special Events in the Public Right of Way

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1200 COUNTY-QTY BUILDING SOUTH g PHONE 574/235-9241 227 W.JEFFERSON BOULEVARD FAX IQ FAX 574/235-7670 SOLTIHBEND,INDIANA 466011830 TTY 574/235-5567 YF.ocF: /865_,10./ CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTIIGIEG,MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF LAW STEPHANIE STEELE ALADEANM.DEROSE CORPORATION COUNSEL QTY ATTORNEY December 6,2018 Re: Bill No. 55-18--An Ordinance To Amend the South Bend Municipal Code By Adding a New Article 14 to Chapter 14 Addressing Special Events in the Public Right of Way Dear Council President Scott: As I mentioned in a previous letter,a substitute of Bill 55-18 has been in progress based on discussions with past special event sponsors and City Department personnel. Recently,too,we met with Council member Jo Broden which resulted in a few more changes/clarifications to the original text. Most changes within the attached Substitute Bill are non-substantive, but four changes are significant. The most significant change is the recodification of this new special event regulatory ordinance. Because we had begun this amending process several years ago,in drafting Ordinance 55-18,I began working from a previously prepared template that created a new Chapter 14 within Article 14 of the Municipal Code. Since the time the original template was prepared,the busker ordinance was adopted which created a new Chapter 14. For that reason,the regulatory scheme covered under this Bill 55-18 requires that the new Chapter within Article 14 of the Municipal Code be Chapter 15, not 14. That change is made in this Substitute Bill. The first change within the ordinance text is the deletion in previous Section 14-148 (a) (now 15-175 (a))of a fixed dollar maximum($1,400) that the City will cover for non-profit special events in favor of a standard based solely on personnel hours, specifically a total of 32 hours of police personnel time and 8 hours of public works personnel (mostlytraffic and lighting)time.The second major change is at former Section 14-142(now 15-169)addressing"civic sponsored special events." The list of designated civic sponsored special events has been deleted in favor of a general definition of what constitutes a civic sponsored special event along with an opportunity for certain qualified third party sponsored events to become civic sponsored special events with the City covering some or all the costs. These changes provide better flexibility or administrative efficiency. Filed in Clerk's Office DEC 062018 KAREEMAH FOWLER CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN ELLIOT A.ANDERSON SANDRA KENNEDY THOMAS PANOWICZ ASHLEY MILLS COLBORN CLARA MC DANIELS DANIELLE WEISS