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J Reading: 4/9/2007 Published: /i z_001 2" Reading: 4/23/2007 Effective: l To County Recorder Council Member Carlson moved for adoption of the following ordinance: CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO. 03-07 AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 615 RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS The City Council of The City of Lino Lakes do ordain as follows: Section 1. That the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances be amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 615 to read as follows: CHAPTER 615. SPECIAL EVENTS 615.01 Purpose and Findings. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this city by regulating the time, place and manner of conduct of special events and by establishing permit requirements for conducting special events such as are herein defined. The City Council finds that special events often exceed the city's capacity to provide usual city services. These city services include, but are not limited to sanitary, fire, police and utility services. The City Council also finds these regulations necessary to ensure that such events are conducted with sufficient consideration given to public safety issues, including, among other things, the impact of these events on parking and vehicular traffic within the city. 615.02 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. 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.