[Adopted 2-1-2012 by Ord. No. 2-2012]
The fees for the use of the Community Recreation Center shall be as set forth in § 210-37 of the Code of the City of Brigantine.
No foul or abusive language shall be permitted at the Community Recreation Center.
A. 
Any individual or group seeking to use the Community Recreation Center or any portion thereof must complete an application and pay any and all required fees and charges as set forth herein.
B. 
The application shall be developed by the City Manager or his designee and made available at the CER office.
C. 
The City of Brigantine and the Brigantine CER reserve the right to reject any application.
D. 
No application for use of the facility or any portion thereof shall be reviewed and processed until it is determined that said application has been completed in full and all appropriate fees have been paid. Any applicant will be notified as to the status of the application submitted within a reasonable period of time after submitting the same to the City of Brigantine.
E. 
No date shall be held available for any group or individual who has not submitted a completed application form and all required fees and deposits. No reservation shall be considered final until such time as the applicant is notified, in writing, of the approved use of the facilities for the date in question.
A. 
The payment of any deposit or fees as required by this article shall be made by either check or money order.
B. 
All individuals or groups categorized as a Group B rental are required to pay a nonrefundable deposit of $10 for an application processing fee.
C. 
All groups are required to pay the rental fee as set forth in § 210-37 of the Code of the City of Brigantine.
D. 
All Group B organizations are required to pay a damage/compliance deposit fee of $100 when seeking to use the dining room, gym or kitchen at the facilities.
E. 
The above-referenced application fee must be paid at the time any application is submitted for use of the facilities. The application fee shall be returned if the rental request is denied. If the rental request is granted, an appointment shall be set in order to sign and complete the contract to use the facilities. At this meeting the total rental fee shall be due and payable. Any money paid toward the application fee may be applied to the rental fee at such time.
F. 
Any damage/compliance deposit fee which is required pursuant to this article must be paid at the time of the meeting to complete the rental contract. The fee is refundable if all conditions of the rental are met and no damage has occurred at the facility.
G. 
The conditions which will lead to the withholding of part or all of the damage/compliance deposit include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) 
Cleanup is not completed as outlined in the facility rules and regulations or is not completed in a timely manner.
(2) 
Use of the room exceeds the scheduled rental time.
(3) 
The number of persons attending the event for which the rental was granted exceeds the number of participants as set forth in the agreement allowing the use of the facilities.
(4) 
Any equipment, furniture, fixture or any portion of the facility or property contained therein is damaged during the rental period.
(5) 
There is an additional staff time charge which may be required for special services or items not on the prepaid facility charges but used by a renter during the rental period.
No animals shall be permitted in the Community Recreation Center at any time. This section shall not apply to service animals such as Seeing Eye dogs.
All applicants for the use of the Community Recreation Center shall complete an indemnification and hold harmless agreement as prepared by the City Manager or his designee as part of the application process. Said indemnification and hold harmless agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the City of Brigantine, the CER and any employees, agents or officials acting on the behalf of the City of Brigantine or the CER unless any damage, injury or loss is caused exclusively by the negligence of the City of Brigantine or any of its agents, officers or employees.
To the extent that any group or individual rents a portion of the facility, the members of said group using said facility shall remain in said portion of the facility and shall not wander or travel to other portions of the facility which are not in use or which are being used by other groups or entities.
There shall be no assignment or rerental of any agreement to use the facilities entered into with the City of Brigantine or the CER. Therefore, a group or individual cannot enter into a contract to use the facilities and then assign or try to sell or lease said contract to another group or individual.
The City of Brigantine, the CER and any employees or officials acting on behalf of said entities reserve the right to immediately terminate an event in progress at the Community Recreation Center, without refund of any deposit or other payments, upon the happening of any of the following:
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An individual or group using the facility violates the law of the State of New Jersey or the ordinances, rules and regulations as established by the City of Brigantine.
B. 
Any group or individuals within a group act in a manner that is obscene, boisterous or conducted in such a fashion which is more offensive than what is normally expected or anticipated from a similar group using the facility.
C. 
Any individual, group or members within a group deliberately damage, deface or otherwise damage the facilities or any equipment, furniture, fixtures or other property contained therein.
D. 
Any individual, group or member of a group uses the kitchen facility in a dangerous or unsafe manner.
No bicycle, unicycle, moped, go ped, scooter, skateboard, roller skates, roller blades or other mechanical item or vehicle used for transportation, whether powered by motor or otherwise, shall be permitted in the facilities unless the same has been preapproved in advance by representatives of the CER. Nothing contained in this section shall be interpreted as to prohibit any wheelchairs, motorized devices or other similar devices used to assist any individual with a physical or mental disability.
No nudity shall occur during the use of the facilities.
The Director of the CER or his designee may establish any additional rules and regulations for the use of the facility. To the extent that said rules and regulations are promulgated, the same shall be made known to any individual or group seeking to use the Community Recreation Center facility. Any individual, group or member of said group shall be deemed to have been made aware of said rules and regulations if the same are placed in written form and given to the individual representing the group who submits the application or if the rules and regulations are attached to any acceptance letter authorizing the use of the facility.
In addition to having any use of the facilities terminated without a return of any fees or deposit, any individual or group violating the terms and conditions of this article will be subject to a fine of up to $1,000, community service of up to 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.