§ 14-190 — Fees

Sec. 14-190. - Fees.

(a) The special events coordinator shall classify each application according to the following criteria: (1) The anticipated amount of extra personnel that shall be required to be furnished by the city to accomplish the necessary public safety and sanitation components of the special event. By agreement, as endorsed upon the permit or in a separate contract, the applicant may furnish some of the personnel required; and the anticipated personnel requirements for classification purposes shall be considered as reduced accordingly; (2) The type and amount of city services required other than extra personnel hours; and (3) The anticipated number of persons attending the event over the entire period of the special event. (b) The classes of special event permits and the evaluated factors of each class shall be as follows: (1) Class A permit. For a special event which will require between 25 and 50 extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be in excess of 5,000 persons over the entire period of the special event. (2) Class B permit. For a special event which will require between three and 25 extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be from 500 to 5,000 persons over the entire period of the special event. (3) Class C permit. For a special event which will require fewer than three extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be less than 500 persons over the entire period of the special event. (4) Class D permit. For a special event which will require no city services and for which the attendance is anticipated to be 200 persons or less over the entire period of the special event; for any parade sponsored by an educational institution; for the inaugural parade for the Governor of Mississippi. (c) If a special event permit is approved, the applicant may obtain such permit by agreeing to accept the classification and conditions imposed by the special events coordinator and by paying the applicable permit fee and sanitation deposit. Such fees shall be determined according to the following schedule: Application fee | Permit fee | Sanitation fee | Class | Attendance | Extra personnel hour $10.00 | $1,000.00 | $150.00 | A | greater than 5,000 | 25—50 10.00 | 200.00 | 75.00 | B | 500—5,000 | 3—25 10.00 | 30.00 | 20.00 | C | less than 500 | 3 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | D | 200 or less | 0 hours and no city services required (d) Any special event requiring in excess of the extra personnel hours and city services anticipated in the application and endorsed on the permit shall reimburse the city for the cost of such excess personnel hours and services in addition to the initial permit fee. (e) Upon satisfactory completion of the sanitation deposit agreement, the sanitation deposit fee shall be refunded to the applicant. (f) The special events coordinator shall waive all fees, other than the application fee, for any event not involving the sale of food or beverages, and not requiring the blocking of any streets or otherwise impeding the flow of vehicular traffic, which is conducted for the primary purposes of expression of First Amendment rights. (g) The State Memorial Stadium Commission shall pay a minimum of $5,000.00 each year for city services and the services of city personnel for all football games wherein one or more of the participants is a college or university supported by the State of Mississippi, or the football game is the state high school all-star football game.

(Ord. No. 2000-29(14), § 15, 8-22-00)