Any lodge, church, club, society, union, organization, group of individuals, or individual, not created or acting for purposes of profit, may obtain a permit for the use of any portion of any recreational buildings or lands of the City, for the purposes provided in this chapter, in the manner set out in this article and none other.
(Prior Code § 2-90)
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Editor's Note: Section 10-3.101 through Section 10-3.104 was amended by request of the City Attorney.
Any such organization or person shall submit a request in writing to the Director of Recreation and Parks stating the time at which such use is desired, the portion of the recreational facilities desired, the nature of the use for which it is desired, and whether an admission price is proposed to be charged and, if so, what the admission price is proposed to be.
(Prior Code § 2-90)
The Director shall, after receipt of the request provided for in Section 10-3.102, investigate the facts of the matter. The Director may grant a permit upon any conditions which he deems reasonably necessary to protect and preserve the recreational buildings or lands of the City. If an admission price is proposed to be charged, the Director shall require the petitioner to provide evidence, satisfactory to the Director, that proceeds from such admission will not profit any person, except that such proceeds may be used for any valid, charitable purposes for which the petitioning organization, group or individual has been formed or is acting. In the event of the failure or refusal of the petitioner to provide such evidence, the permit shall not be granted.
(Prior Code § 2-90)
The Director, as a condition precedent to the granting of a permit under this article, may require a sufficient security, in cash or otherwise, to reimburse and indemnify the City for the cost of lights, cleaning, repairs and other expenses arising from the use of such facilities under such permit, and to require the petitioner to execute an agreement for the use of such facilities or equipment, and may impose such other and further conditions as he deems necessary to the granting of such permit.
(Prior Code § 2-90)
In the event the Director refuses to grant the permit requested under this article, the applicant may appeal such refusal in writing to the Recreation and Parks Commission by filing notice thereof in writing with the Director of Recreation and Parks within not more than 30 days following refusal of the permit by the Director. The Commission shall consider such appeal at its next meeting following the filing of such appeal. The Director shall, upon such appeal being filed, notify the appellant in writing of the date, time and place of the next meeting of the Commission and set the matter of the appeal on the agenda of the Commission for the meeting. The appellant shall be entitled to be heard on the matter at the meeting. The Commission, by majority vote of the quorum present, may affirm or overrule the action of the Director in refusing the permit and may, in overruling, impose such additional conditions or change such conditions of the issuance of the permit as the Commission deems reasonably necessary.
(Prior Code § 2-90)
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Editor's Note: Section 10-3.105 was amended by request of the City Attorney.
Athletic contests, demonstrations or exhibits, and other educational contests, demonstrations or exhibits, may be held from time to time; provided, that no such contests, demonstrations or exhibits may be held for which an admission fee is charged unless the same are amateur and noncommercial.
(Prior Code § 2-89)
The Director of Recreation and Parks may permit the use of recreational buildings or portions thereof by persons or organizations other than charitable and nonprofit organizations; provided, that such person or organization makes application in the manner provided in Article 1 of this chapter; and provided further, that such person or organization pays in advance a reasonable rental for the use of such building or portion thereof. A schedule of such rental rates shall be established by the Director and approved by the Recreation and Parks Commission.
(Prior Code § 2-90.1)
Personal property, including play or recreational equipment, may be issued to any group or individual, for a period not exceeding four consecutive days from the date of issuance, by the Director of Recreation and Parks or his subordinates, in accordance with regulations for the use and issuance of such equipment established by the Director.
(Prior Code § 2-90.2)
All persons proposing to erect or maintain a table, booth or similar structure, however temporary in nature, or whether or not portable in design, within a City park, and all groups of persons, other than picnickers using picnic tables provided in the park, exceeding 75 in number, and groups of picnickers exceeding 100 in number, shall obtain a permit from the Recreation and Parks Commission for the use of City facilities in the manner provided in Article 1 of this chapter. All persons in groups obtaining such permits shall comply with all state laws and local ordinances, and with all conditions imposed by the Recreation and Parks Commission in approving the permit. Failure or refusal to obtain the permit or to comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and permit conditions is a misdemeanor and is also grounds for the immediate revocation of the permit on the order of the Director of Recreation and Parks and, upon revocation of such permit, all such persons and all persons, members, guests, participants or spectators, whether as members of the group or as individuals, may be evicted from the park by any Police Officer of the City, or by the Director of Recreation and Parks, or his duly authorized representative, as provided in this title.
(Prior Code § 2-91.1)
(a) 
All commercial specialty structures operated on or placed upon City property or facilities shall be required to obtain an annual permit from the Director of Recreation and Parks. The permit fee shall be $250 per owner/vendor. The permit fee and requirements shall be reviewed annually and adjusted by the Recreation and Parks Commission.
(b) 
"Commercial specialty structure" means any structure including, but not limited to out-houses, portable restrooms, inflatable bounce houses or slides, tents and other similar structures.
(Ord. 2005-11, eff. 10/20/05)
(a) 
No person shall be present in a facility or park owned by the City of Santa Maria during the hours it is posted as provided in subsection (b). For the purpose of this section, "facility" means:
(i) 
A building owned by the City of Santa Maria;
(ii) 
Any park owned or operated by the City of Santa Maria that the Director of Recreation and Parks has designated as having restricted hours.
(iii) 
On any public park or recreational facility subject to this section, the supervising employee at such site may extend the closing time for up to two and one-half hours to accommodate any departmentally approved event.
(b) 
The posting of facilities and parks as provided in subsection (a) shall be made in letters at least one inch tall on signs in public view at each public entrance to the facility and shall read substantially as follows: "Entrance to, or remaining in this [facility or park] is prohibited between the hours of [insert hours]."
(c) 
This section does not apply to persons authorized to be present in a City building by reason of hiring, employment or permission granted by the City employee in charge of the facility.
(Ord. 2013-02, eff. 4/4/2013; Ord. 2015-13 § 1, eff. 12/17/15)