San Jose |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 13. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES |
Chapter 13.14. COMMUNITY SPECIAL EVENTS |
Part 1. DEFINITIONS |
§ 13.14.164. Special event.
"Special event" means an outdoor event that consists of any of the following:
A.
A parade or assembly consisting of persons, animals, vehicles, or any combination thereof, which is to assemble or travel in unison on any street and which does not comply with applicable traffic regulations, laws, or controls;
B.
An organized assemblage of one hundred fifty or more persons at a plaza or park or seventy-five or more persons on the paseo which is to gather for a common purpose under the direction or control of a person; or
C.
An activity or event on a plaza, paseo, or park which involves:
1.
The placement or erection of equipment or temporary structures other than one portable table and two chairs, including but not limited to a booth, tent, canopy, stage, barricade, fencing, generator, heating equipment, sound amplifier, vehicle or float;
2.
The use of live animals, fireworks, pyrotechnics, electrical power and cabling, or equipment or materials that create a substantial risk of damage to public or private property or injury to persons;
3.
Cooking or the sale, preparation for sale or commercial distribution of food or beverages;
4.
The sale of commercial merchandise.
D.
An activity which involves blocking off a street or other use of a street which obstructs the normal traffic thereon.
E.
Examples of special events include, but are not limited to, concerts, parades, carnivals, fairs, festivals, block parties, public dances, street fairs, community events, sporting or athletic events, parties, meals, celebrations and receptions.
(Ord. 29419.)