§ 10-1.02. Gatherings and meetings: Permits required.

(a)

Required. No person shall hold, conduct, participate in, attend, or address any meeting, organized gathering or assemblage, group picnic, celebration, parade, service, or exercise of fifty (50) or more persons in any public school or recreation or park area without a permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the Superintendent of Schools or the General Manager of the Simi Valley Recreation and Park District.

(b)

Granting: Authority. The Superintendent of Schools or the General Manager of the Simi Valley Recreation and Park District, acting personally or by his delegated designee, shall have the authority to grant permits, for the respective facilities under his direction, authorizing any person, society, association, or organization to hold or conduct a meeting, organized gathering or assemblage, group picnic, celebration, parade, service, or exercise for the observance of or commemoration of any public celebration, event, or demonstration of a patriotic, municipal, or memorial character or for social, educational, training, entertainment, or recreational purposes.

(c)

Granting: Criteria. Applications for such permits shall be granted unless the issuing authority determines:

(1)

That the requested activity is inconsistent and incompatible with proper and appropriate school facility or recreation and park area uses at the location applied for;

(2)

That the requested activity is unreasonable and will interfere with the general use of the school facility or recreation or park area by other individual or group members of the public;

(3)

That the requested activity would not comply with the provisions of this Code or other laws, policies, rules, or regulations in effect at the time and place the activity is to be conducted;

(4)

That the requested activity would be reasonably anticipated to incite violence, crime, or disorderly conduct;

(5)

That the requested activity would entail unusual, extraordinary, or burdensome expense or police operation by the City; or

(6)

That the granting of the permit would be detrimental to the public interest.

(§ 6313, S.V.M.C., as amended by § 1, Ord. 193)