§ 18-29. Permit; operating standards.

(a)

A permit fee of $500.00 must be paid by the carnival operator for each sponsor at each location. This fee includes carnival operating rights, electrical and mechanical permits and inspections. Permit fees shall be payable to the planning and development department.

(b)

Dates, location and professional operator of the carnival must be approved by the city council not more than six months in advance.

(c)

When the carnival is held on property owned by other than the church, charitable or nonprofit organization, a notarized letter of permission from the property owner must be on file in the city clerk's office.

(d)

A refundable cleanup bond of $250.00 must be filed in the city clerk's office and will be refunded upon satisfactory inspection of the property by the licensing section after the carnival closes.

(e)

Only one carnival shall be authorized to operate within the city limits at a time. The city council may waive this limitation but only to the extent of allowing no more than two carnivals to operate within city limits at one time, provided, however, that the distance separation between the two carnivals shall be a diameter of at least two linear miles and that the second carnival will not negatively impact the carnival that first obtained a permit to operate during the same or intersecting dates or time period.

(f)

All carnivals must close on or before 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday.

(g)

Only one carnival will be allowed for each calendar year for each sponsor.

(h)

A carnival shall only be allowed to operate for five calendar days for each sponsor, except that a carnival located and operated within the HPD Hialeah Park District may be extended for a time period not to exceed 30 days for each sponsor. A carnival that is extended for more than five days within the HPD zoning district may not be extended beyond 30 days through a change in sponsorship.

(i)

It shall be unlawful for owners or operators of business establishments or vending stands located in or within two blocks of the area authorized for the event described to knowingly allow any person to leave the business establishment premises carrying an open glass or open metal container or for the vending stand to sell or dispense food or beverages in glass or metal containers.

(Code 1952, §§ 20.5, 20.6; Code 1960, § 21-11(1)—(9); Ord. No. 77-74, § 1, 6-28-1977; Ord. No. 90-156, § 1, 11-28-1990; Ord. No. 95-25, § 1, 3-28-1995; Ord. No. 98-7, § 1, 1-27-1998; Ord. No. 2004-61, § 1, 9-28-2004; Ord. No. 2005-72, § 1, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 2011-49, § 1, 7-26-2011)