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Page 2 of 5 PERSON. A natural person, association, organization, club, group formed for a common purpose, partnership of any kind, limited liability company, corporation or any other legal entity. • SPECIAL EVENT. An outdoor gathering of at least 50 individuals whether on public or private property, assembled with a common purpose for a period of one hour or longer. SPECIAL EVENTS include, but are not limited to concerts, fairs, carnivals, circuses, parades, flea markets, marathons, walkathons, festivals, races, bicycle events, celebrations or any other gathering or events of similar nature. SPECIAL EVENTS do not include noncommercial events held on private property such as graduation parties or social parties. • (Ord. 03 -07, passed 4 -23 -2007) § 615.03 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall hold, conduct or participate in a special event within the city unless a permit has been issued for the event upon timely written application made to the city. (Ord. 03 -07, passed 4 -23 -2007) § 615.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. In addition to the general licensing application requirements included in § 601.02, each written application for a special event permit must be made at least 45 days in advance of the event's proposed date in a form prescribed by the City Council. This application period shall not begin to run until a complete application has been filed with the city. Application forms shall be made available in the office of the City Clerk. A fee, in the amount specified in the ordinance establishing fees and charges, shall be paid to the city along with the completed application form. In addition to the fee, the applicant shall pay all additional costs incurred by the city as a direct result of the special event. Nonprofit entities, as defined as § 501(c) or (d) by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, shall be exempt from payment of the permit application fee but not from city incurred costs. Failure to provide a complete application or to pay the fee, as herein required, is sufficient reason to deny the special event permit. (Ord. 03 -07, passed 4 -23 -2007) § 615.05 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT, CONDITIONS AND POSTING. (1) Special event permits will be issued upon City Council approval. The Council may attach reasonable conditions to the permit as are deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare. (2) The conditions may pertain to any of the following: (a) Location and hours during which the event may be held; (b) Sanitation/availability of potable water; • (c) Security /crowd management; http:// www .amlegal.com /nxt /gateway.dll/ Minnesota /lino( akes _mn /600businessandactivity I... 1 1/4/201 0