§ 2.28.050 — Permit required

2.28.050 - Permit required.

A. Any person intending to conduct or sponsor an event (as defined herein) in the City of Riverside shall first obtain a special event permit from the City Manager not less than 60 days prior to the event. B. The City Manager is authorized to issue permits for special events occurring within the City limits of the City of Riverside pursuant to the standards established in this chapter. The City Manager and/or Chief of Police is authorized to coordinate the issuance of a permit for such events with other public agencies through whose jurisdiction or property such event or portion thereof shall occur and to issue a permit upon the concurrence of the other public agencies involved. The issuance of a permit shall confer upon the permittee the right to control and regulate concessions within the venue of the event in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the permit. C. Exemptions. A permit shall not be required under this chapter for the below-listed activities, although the City Manager may issue a permit or similar certificate to an organizer who requests such document. An exempted activity is required to comply with general regulations governing public health and safety. 1. Activities conducted by a governmental agency acting within the scope of its authority. 2. Conduct, the sole or principal object of which is the expression, dissemination or communication by verbal, visual, literary or auditory means of opinion, views or ideas which are protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution or Article 1, Section 2 of the California Constitution. 3. Film making activities must comply with the permit procedures set forth in Riverside Municipal Code Sections 5.70.010—5.70.090. 4. Funeral processions by a licensed mortuary. D. The procedures or requirements of this chapter shall not affect or supersede the provisions of law or the requirements for the issuance of fireworks, structural, electrical or other permits by City departments prescribed elsewhere in this Code, when such permits are otherwise required because of a particular condition or requirement of the special event. E. It shall be unlawful for any organizer to use in the title of an event the words "the City of Riverside" or "City of Riverside" or a facsimile of the seal or logo of the City of Riverside, without written authorization from the City Manager.

(Ord. 7187 § 3, 2012; Ord. 6404 § 1, 1997; Ord. 6102 § 1, 1994; Ord. 6035 § 1, 1993; prior code § 2.12 (part))