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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 such event upon timely written application made to the city. 615.04 Application for Permit. In addition to the general licensing application requirements included in Section 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. 615.05 Issuance of Permit, Conditions and Posting. (A) 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. Such conditions may pertain to any of the following: (1) Location and hours during which the event may be held; (2) Sanitation/availability of potable water; (3) Security/crowd management; (4) Parking and traffic issues; (5) Emergency and medical services; (6) Clean-up of premises and surrounding area/trash disposal; (7) Insurance; (8) Lighting; (9) Fire service/safety, including meeting all requirements of the State Fire Code, as it may be amended from time to time (10) Temporary construction, barricades/fencing; (11) Removal of advertising/promotional materials; (12) Noise levels; (13) Alcohol consumption; (14) Notification of residents or businesses; (15 ) Any other conditions which the Council deems necessary. 615.06 Exceptions to the Permit. The permit requirement contained in this chapter does not apply to the following: (A) Special events sponsored and managed by the city; (B) Funerals and funeral processions; (C) The grounds of any school, playground, city or county park, place of worship, hotel conference center, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium or similar place of assembly when used for regularly established assembly purposes.