Sec. 11-4-60. Permit required.
(a) No major or minor festival event shall be held in the Town unless a major or minor festival event permit is first obtained by the organizers. The permit application shall be of such form as may be prescribed by the Town Manager. The permit may be incorporated into an agreement with the event organizers. The Town Manager may issue such a permit only after agreement by the organizers to mitigate community impacts from the event.
(b) Mitigation and control of community impacts may include, in the discretion of the Town Manager, requirements for:
(1) Payment for rental of the Town Park campground and related facilities, as determined by the Town Manager.
(2) Payment of law enforcement costs incurred by the Town and the County not otherwise paid for by the admissions fee receipts.
(3) Provision of additional security working under the Town Marshal’s direction and control.
(4) Provision of appropriate medical and ambulance facilities.
(5) Provision for trash removal and cleanup of the Town and Town Park.
(6) A plan for providing proof of adequate camping and parking facilities and a plan for securing areas that are not authorized for camping or parking.
(7) A plan for providing adequate sanitation facilities in the Town and in Town Park and a plan for providing facilities to areas that are not within the festival area, but which may be in an area which may suffer impacts. This shall include a plan for complying with all County Sanitation and Health Department requirements for the disposal of waste and for the handling of food.
(8) Submittal of a plan to limit ticket sales to ten thousand (10,000) persons per day in the case of a major festival event, or under two thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (2,999) persons per day for a minor festival event.
(9) Provisions for festival staff in the Town and in areas of high impact to provide information and direction and to help enforce the applicable portions of this Code (i.e., camping, vending, parking, loitering, etc.) under the Town Marshal’s direction and supervision.
(10) A plan for providing that all public facilities, including landscaping, ball fields, rest rooms, campgrounds and buildings, will be protected from damage during the festival period.
(c) A festival event permit shall be conditioned upon continuing compliance with all applicable requirements of Chapter 6, Article 3 of this Code, this Article and other applicable requirements of this Code, including business license taxes, liquor licensing and vendor license taxes. The permit shall not be assignable. A bond sufficient to ensure compliance with all permit requirements shall be required for all major festival events in an amount that equals or exceeds the projected totals for admissions fee, damages, repairs, cleanup and rental fees. A bond sufficient to ensure compliance with all permit requirements may be required for all minor festival events at the discretion of the Town Manager.
(d) Noncompliance with permit conditions as determined by the Town Manager may result in summary revocation of the permit by the Town Manager.
(e) This Article and each permit shall be administered so as to promote the orderly use of the Town facilities and properties for major and minor festival events while preventing or mitigating financial, safety and health-related impacts from such events to the Town, the Telluride Region and its residents. (Prior code 12.12.060)