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A. The City Manager shall issue a permit for a park event unless one or more of the following conditions exist:

1. The application is incomplete for failure to provide the information required by Section 6.46.030.

2. The information contained in the application, including supplemental information, if any, is found to be false in any material respect, the purpose of the event is contrary to law, and/or the applicant has failed to meet the City requirements for a permit.

3. A prior application for an event to be held at the same time and place has been granted.

4. The park event will unduly interfere with vehicular ingress to, egress from, or travel on a freeway, state designated highway, or major arterial or collector street of the City.

5. The park event will unreasonably interfere with fire or police protection, or public safety, including presenting a substantial or unwarranted traffic or safety hazard.

6. The park event would involve a number of people exceeding the capacity of the park for which it is proposed or would involve amplified sound contrary to regulations promulgated by the City Manager for that park.

7. The security arrangements that have been made are inadequate or the contractor that will be providing security is not qualified.

8. One or more of the applicants or persons whose name is shown on the application was also named on an application for a park event in Berkeley that resulted in a violation of this chapter as described in Section 6.46.120.B within the prior twelve (12) months or was responsible for an event in a park in any other jurisdiction that resulted in comparable problems prohibited by local law in that jurisdiction within the last twelve (12) months.

B. The applicant shall be notified in writing of the action of the City Manager in granting or denying the permit at least one day prior to the date of the proposed event, unless the application was made late, in which case notification shall be given as soon as reasonably possible and by any reasonable means.

1. If the permit is denied, the written notice briefly shall set forth reasons explaining the denial.

2. If the permit is denied pursuant to the criteria set forth in this chapter, because the proposed time or assembly and dispersal sites are unacceptable, the denial shall contain a statement of alternative acceptable times and sites.

C. The City Manager may issue regulations detailing the limitations for each park that implement this section, including regulations addressing park capacity, the permissibility and duration of amplified sound and requirements for the maintenance of accessibility during park events. (Ord. 6579-NS § 2, 2000)