Approval or denial of a special event license.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 986-108

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Sec. 986-108. - Approval or denial of a special event license. (a) For a special event involving two thousand five hundred (2,500) persons or more, the license administrator shall approve or deny the license application in writing according to the provisions of Chapter 801 of this Code within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of application. Any special event application not approved or denied within this thirty (30) calendar day period will be considered to have been denied by the license administrator. (b) For a special event involving less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) persons, the license administrator shall approve or deny the license application in writing according to the provisions of Chapter 801 Article II of this Code within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of application. Any special event application not approved or denied within this fifteen (15) calendar day period will be considered to have been denied by the license administrator. (c) For a special event license application, failure to provide the city with a response to any requested information shall not trigger the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) above. If responses to any requested information are not provided within a reasonable period, the license administrator may use discretion to deny the special event application. If requested information is provided, it shall extend the city's period to reach a decision on a special event application by fifteen (15) calendar days. (d) Upon notification to the special event license applicant in writing, the license administrator may request an extension of time to make a decision to approve or deny a license request. Such request shall identify the reason(s) for such extension and the date by which a decision will be made to approve or deny the special event license application. (e) A special event application may be denied, or an existing special event application license may be suspended or revoked, if any of the following conditions are met: (1) The applicant has made any false representation in the application; (2) The applicant fails to provide any item or information required by this chapter or by the license administrator; (3) The proposed special event will substantially interfere with any other event, parade, city sponsored event, street or right-of-way closure, or other special event for which a license has already been granted, or substantially interfere with the provision of public safety or other city services in support of such other previously scheduled event or events, or will have an immitigable adverse impact upon residential or business access and traffic circulation in the area in which it is to be conducted; (4) The special event application, including any required attachments and/or submissions, is not fully completed and executed; (5) The applicant has not obtained, tendered, and/or maintained the required insurance certificate or security deposit; (6) The applicant is not legally competent to contract, either on behalf of himself or herself, or on behalf of a specific entity; (7) The applicant, or other entity responsible for the special event, has on prior occasions damaged city property and has not paid in full for such damage, or have other outstanding and unpaid debts to the city; (8) If the applicant is proposing the use of a public facility that the proposed use is inconsistent with the type of public facility; (9) The special event's intended use or activity would present an unreasonable danger to the health or safety of the applicant, or other uses of a public facility, or city employees, or the public at large; (10) The applicant, or other entity responsible for the special event, have not complied with or cannot comply with applicable license requirements, ordinances, or regulations concerning the sale or offering of sale of any goods or services; (11) The special event's intended use is prohibited by law, by this Code, or by any regulation of any city department or agency; (12) The activities involved with the proposed special event will substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of aerial navigation, or of public transportation, or other vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the designated special event area, or will cause irresolvable conflict with construction or development on public property or at a public facility where a special event is to be held, or will close streets or unreasonably restrict the number of traffic lanes during peak commuter hours on weekdays so as to cause unsafe conditions for the public, or the expected attendance at the event will exceed the lawful capacity of the public facility under the state fire code, or the parking available at the public facility will be inadequate to accommodate the expected attendance at the special event. The above conditions may be waived by the license administrator where the benefits of the proposed special event will outweigh the proposed negative effects; or (13) The proposed special event would create an unreasonable risk to the public safety and welfare, including in particular its effect on any surrounding property, businesses, and residents, or would conflict another special event. (G.O. 33, 2011, § 8)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIVBUCORELI_CH986SPEV_ARTIINGE_S986-108APDESPEVLIFetched: 10/27/2026