§ 9-205. Definitions

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

"Applicant" means the person, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity submitting the application for a permit.

"Athletic event" means any event in which a group of persons collectively engage in a sport or form of physical exercise on or within a city street, parking facility, sidewalk or other public right-of-way, including, but not limited to running, jogging, racing, bicycling, rollerblading and roller skating, other than a group of people participating in a parade or public assembly.

"Chief of police" means the Chief of Police of the City of Costa Mesa, or his/her designee.

"City" means the City of Costa Mesa.

"City council" means the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa.

"City manager" means the City Manager of the City of Costa Mesa, or his/her designee.

"Departmental service charges" means the actual costs which a department of the city incurs in connection with activities for which a permit is required under this article, including, but not limited to, costs associated with fire safety, traffic and/or pedestrian control, water safety, the closure of streets or intersections, the diverting of traffic, the salaries of city personnel involved in administration or coordination of city services for the event, the cost to the city to provide support personnel, equipment, materials and supplies, and related city costs such as fringe benefits or employee overtime. Departmental services charges shall not include costs incurred by the city to provide police protective services to those engaged in activities or conduct for which a permit is required pursuant to this article.

"Director" means the Director of Finance of the City of Costa Mesa, or his/her designee.

"Event organizer" means any person who conducts, manages, promotes, organizes, aids or solicits attendance at a special event.

"Indigent natural person" means a person eligible for relief and support in the County of Orange as an indigent person under section 17000 et seq., of the California Welfare and Institutions Code or as said section(s) is/are amended from time to time.

"Parade" means a parade, procession, march, demonstration, motorcade, promenade or pageant consisting of persons, animals, or vehicles or a combination thereof, traveling in unison and having a common purpose, design, destination or goal which is conducted in, on, upon, or along any public street, sidewalk or other property owned or controlled by the city, or any portion thereof, which does not comply with normal and usual traffic regulations or control or which may impede, obstruct, impair or interfere with the free use of such public street, sidewalk or other public property of the city.

"Person" as used in this article, means any natural person, firm, association, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, organization, club, company, corporation, business trust or manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee or any of them, except where the context clearly requires a different meaning.

"Public assembly" shall mean any group of fifty (50) or more persons participating in an organized activity having a common purpose (other than employees acting within the course and scope of their employment) on or within a city street, city park, parking facility, sidewalk or other public right-of-way, other than a group of people participating in an athletic event or parade.

"Sidewalk" means that portion of a highway, other than the roadway, set apart by curbs, barriers, markings, or other delineation for pedestrian travel.

"Special event" means an organized activity, public assembly or event involving fifty (50) or more people, and to which the public is invited to watch, listen or participate, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Motorized vehicle races or contests.

(2) Carnivals, circuses, fairs, festivals, nondomesticated animal act or exhibition, and similar activities.

(3) Any event with mechanical amusement rides.

(4) Promotional or fund-raising activities.

(5) Outdoor athletic events.

(6) Parades.

(7) Outdoor public assemblies.

(8) Any event that will take place on a public right-of-way within the boundaries of the City of Costa Mesa or on other property owned or occupied by the City of Costa Mesa.

(9) Outdoor shows, concerts and exhibitions.

(10) Outdoor Craft fairs, soapbox derbies, or other similar events.

(11) Any event, regardless of the number of people involved, requiring full or partial street closure that occurs on a city street, sidewalk, alley or other public right-of-way, and/or which is likely to obstruct, delay or interfere with the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

"Special event permit" or "permit" means a permit issued pursuant to this article.

"Street" means a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Street includes highways or alleys.

"Venue" means the specific property, area or site for which a special event permit has been issued.

(Ord. No. 04-7, § 2, 6-21-04 )