§ 142-22. Fees.

The specific application fees and permit fees owed for each type of permit and sub-permit are listed in the succeeding articles below. The provisions set forth in this section 142-22 apply to all outdoor events.

(a)

Applicants must submit all application fees at the time of submitting an outdoor event application. An application shall not be deemed complete until all application fees are received.

(b)

All fees shall be paid by money order or certified check only. The city shall not accept cash, personal or company checks to pay for such Fees. Fees paid directly to the department of parks, recreation, and cultural affairs may also be paid by personal check or credit card.

(c)

The chief of staff or her/his designee shall calculate the total fees owed by the applicant, including fees assessed by the bureau of business licenses, the office of parks, the bureaus of buildings, the fire rescue department, and the office of solid waste services, as described below in this chapter 142. The applicant shall pay all fees to the SEM, except for those fees owed pursuant to section 142-22(f)(2) below in which case said fees shall be paid directly to the office of solid waste services, or unless the outdoor event is a park facility reservation (section 142-102) or a large gathering in a park (section 142-103(b)(2)), in which case the fees may also be submitted to the office of parks. Applicants may combine all fees into one money order or certified check, except that fees assessed by the fire rescue department shall be paid with a separate certified check or money order.

(1)

The chief of staff or her/his designee shall deposit the fire fees into the fire account. All other fees shall be deposited in a manner consistent with this City Code of Ordinances, and with other ordinances passed by the Atlanta City Council.

(2)

The chief of staff or her/his designee shall provide all departments assessing outdoor event fees with a monthly accounting of the fees collected on their behalf and with notification of the accounts into which those fees were deposited.

(d)

No applicant shall be required to supply or pay the cost of public safety personnel necessary to provide for the protection of an outdoor event and its attendees from hostile members of the public or counter-demonstrators, or for traffic control outside the defined area of the outdoor event, or for general law enforcement in the vicinity of the outdoor event.

(e)

Any city department or bureau that prepares a bill for the outdoor event after the outdoor event occurs shall send the billing information to the chief of staff within ten business days after the conclusion of the outdoor event. In the case of outdoor events whose duration is greater than two weeks, billing information shall be sent to the chief of staff within ten business days after the conclusion of each week of the outdoor event. The chief of staff or her/his designee shall prepare a master city bill and send it to the host.

(f)

Solid waste, restoration, and supplemental service fees.

(1)

All outdoor event applications must provide information regarding the number of people expected at the outdoor event, and the city solid waste services requested by the applicant, if any.

(2)

Section 142-40(a) sets forth the circumstances under which an applicant must receive a solid waste sub-permit. Where a solid waste sub-permit is required, the applicant may obtain solid waste services from a private entity or from the City of Atlanta's Office of Solid Waste Services. If the applicant is using the city's office of solid waste services, the applicant shall work directly with the office to establish the services that will be provided, and the fee for said services. The office of solid waste services will determine a solid waste fee to be assessed to an outdoor event based upon the amount of people expected at the outdoor event and the services requested by the applicant. The office of solid waste services shall have a schedule of fees and shall determine the appropriate solid waste fee consistently based on these factors. These arrangements must all be completed prior to the applicant's submission of the solid waste sub-permit application pursuant to section 142-40. The office of solid waste services shall provide to the applicant a written document containing the agreed-upon services and a bill for the solid waste fees so that the applicant can attach said information to her/his solid waste sub-permit application. The applicant shall make all payments for the solid waste services to the office of solid waste services directly.

(3)

Event bonds. The event bonds described below shall be refunded if the city determines, after the conclusion of the outdoor event, that no more than minimal clean-up is required to be performed by the city and there has been no damage to any city property. Where the city determines that an event bond should be refunded, it shall refund the bond within 45 days after the conclusion of the outdoor event.

(A)

If the host has conducted a previous outdoor event in the city and has been billed after the outdoor event for restoration services and/or supplemental services, and the host did not pay said bill in full within 30 days of receiving the bill, the city shall require the host to obtain a refundable event bond in the amount of said bill for all future outdoor events.

(B)

The city may require a $100.00 refundable event bond where the host applies to reserve a park facility (see also section 110-3 (e)(2)) or to have any other outdoor event in a park, provided there is no formal agreement between the host and the city. Where an event bond has been posted as part of an outdoor festival application or other outdoor event application, no additional event bond shall be required. No more than one event bond shall be required for any particular outdoor event. With the exception of bonds required for outdoor festivals, the event bond requirement may be waived if the host has performed or held an outdoor event at least once per year during the past three consecutive years and completed all clean-up and cooperated fully with the city during each of those outdoor events.

(C)

A $100.00 refundable event bond shall be required for all assemblies, as defined in article VI of this chapter.

(4)

For outdoor events where: a) the city must provide restoration services; and b) the city property that requires restoration services is not a city park; and c) the city spends more money for restoration services than the amount remaining from the solid waste fee plus the sanitation bond, if any, the office of solid waste services will assess the amount owed for restoration services and will forward the assessment to the chief of staff or her/his designee for billing. The chief of staff or her/his designee must send the bill to the host no later than 60 days after the conclusion of the outdoor event. The host shall pay the assessment in full within 30 days of receiving the bill.

(5)

For outdoor events where: a) the city must provide restoration services; and b) the city property that requires restoration services is a city park, the parks bureau will assess the amount owed for restoration services and will forward the assessment to the chief of staff for billing. The chief of staff or her/his designee must send the bill to the host no later than 60 days after the conclusion of the outdoor event.

(A)

The host must pay the assessment no later than 30 days after receiving the bill.

(B)

In the event that the park requiring restoration services is maintained, at least in part, by a conservancy or other group that has a memorandum of understanding with the city regarding said maintenance, the host may pay the conservancy directly to provide the restoration services, upon receiving written approval of said arrangement from the commissioner of the department of parks and recreation. The restoration shall not be deemed complete until approved in writing by the commissioner of the department of parks and recreation.

(6)

For outdoor events where the city must provide supplemental services, the host must reimburse the city in full for the cost of such supplemental services. The chief of staff or her/his designee shall assess the amount owed for the supplemental services and shall send the bill to the host no later than 60 days after the conclusion of the outdoor event.

(Ord. No. 2006-66, § 15, 9-26-06; Ord. No. 2013-01(12-O-1653), § 2, 1-16-13; Ord. No. 2013-27(13-O-1088), § 4, 6-26-13)