Ordinance 10-024 Amending SVMC 5.15.080 Special Event Permits CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY,WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 10-024
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SPOKANE VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE (SVMC) 5.15.080
REGULATING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, AND OTHER MATTERS
RELATED THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes, as evidenced by its prior adoption of SVMC 8.25.025
Solicitation from Vehicle Occupants Prohibited, SVMC Chapter 5.15 Special Events, and the Model
Traffic Ordinance, that there are inherent traffic flow and safety risks associated with pedestrian-vehicle
interaction;and
WHEREAS,the City has a fundamental interest in traffic flow and safety; and
WHEREAS, the City's fundamental interest in traffic flow and safety is furthered when special
event participants seeking contributions in the rights-of-way receive traffic flow and safety training; and
WHEREAS, SVMC Chapter 5.15 allows, if certain conditions related to traffic flow and safety
are met, issuance of special event permits where participants seek contributions in City rights-of-way; and
WHEREAS, one such condition related to traffic flow and safety is successful completion of the
Spokane County Incident Traffic Control Program or its equivalent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes Washington State Department of Transportation
Flagger Certification as equivalent to the Spokane County Incident Traffic Control Program for the
purposes of SVMC 5.15.080(J).
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County,
Washington, ordains as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to clarify that, for purposes of SVMC
5.15.080(J), Washington State Department of Transportation Flagger Certification is equivalent to the
Spokane County Incident Traffic Control Program.
Section 2. Amending Spokane Valley Municipal Code Chapter 5.15.080. Spokane Valley
Municipal Code Section 5.15.080 is amended as follows:
5.15.080 Permit—Issuance standards.
The parks and recreation director shall not issue a special event permit if:
A. The time, route, or size of the event will unreasonably disrupt the movement of traffic along
streets;
B. The size or nature of the event requires supervision by a significant number of police officers that
causes unreasonable expense or diversion of police duties;
C. The applicant has failed to remit all fees,documents, or proof of bonds;
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D. The applicant has failed to conduct a previously authorized special event in accordance with law or
the terms of a permit, or both;
E. The police department or City traffic engineer fails to sign the permit due to traffic or other safety
concerns;
F. The applicant has failed to provide sufficient safety, health or sanitation equipment services, or
facilities;
G. The applicant has not provided sufficient off-site parking or shuttle service, or both,when required
to minimize substantial adverse impacts on general parking and traffic circulation caused by the
event;
H. The special event will substantially interfere with any other special event for which a permit has
already been granted or with the provision of City services in support of other scheduled special
events or governmental functions;
I. The special event would block traffic lanes or close streets during peak commuter hours on
weekdays between 7:00 a.m.to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.to 6:00 p.m. on streets designated as arterials
by the City's public works department;
J. Any of the following provisions for charitable solicitation in the rights-of-way occur:
1. The applicant or organization represented by the applicant has been granted a special event
permit by the City to engage in charitable solicitation in the City rights-of-way within the
preceding 12 months;
2. The applicant has failed to provide sufficient documentation to demonstrate that all persons
who will be entering the roadway in any manner related to the event have successfully completed
the Spokane County Incident Traffic Control Program or its equivalent, including Washington
State Department of Transportation Flagger Certification, and that certification is current; or
3. The applicant has failed to provide sufficient documentation to demonstrate that all persons
who will be entering into the roadway in any manner related to the event are at least 18 years of
age on the day of the event.
Section 3. Remainder of SVMC 5.15 Unchanged. The remaining provisions of SVMC 5.15
are unchanged by this amendment.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance should
be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective five days after publication
of the Ordinance, or a summary thereof,in the official newspaper of the City.
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Adopted this 16th day of November,2010
City of Spokane Valley
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T smas E.Towey,Mayor
ATTEST:
Christine Bainbridge,City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
Office he City A orney
Date of Publication:November 19,2010
Effective Date:November 24,2010
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