[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rome as Sec. 7.09 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
It is the purpose of the Town to regulate the assemblage of large numbers of people in excess of those normally needing the health, sanitary, fire, police, transportation, and utility services regularly provided in the Town in order that the health, safety, and welfare of all persons in the Town of Rome, residents and visitors alike, may be protected.
B. 
It is the intent of this Board that all sections and provisions of this chapter should have an independent existence and, should any section or provision be declared invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intent of this Board that any section or provisions so declared shall be severable from and shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
A. 
No person other than the Town of Rome shall permit, maintain, promote, conduct, advertise, act as entrepreneur, undertake, organize, manage, or sell or give tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,500 or more people which continues or can reasonably be expected to continue for four or more consecutive hours, whether on public or private property, unless license to hold the assembly has first been issued by the Chief of Police, application for which must be made at least 20 days in advance of the assembly. A license to hold an assembly issued to one person shall permit any person to engage in any lawful activity in connection with the holding of the licensed assembly.
B. 
A license shall permit the assembly of only the maximum number of people stated in the license. The licensee shall not sell tickets to, nor permit to assemble at the license location, more than the maximum permissible number of people.
C. 
Only one event shall be permitted for each license issued.
D. 
The licensee shall take all necessary reasonable precautions to ensure that the sound of the event shall not carry beyond the boundaries of the event.
E. 
This section shall not apply to any regularly established permanent place of worship, stadiums, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently established place of assembly for assemblies which do not exceed by more than 250 people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held.
F. 
This section shall not apply to government-sponsored fairs held on regularly established fairgrounds nor to assemblies required to be licensed by other ordinances and regulations of the Town.
A. 
The application shall contain a statement made upon oath or affirmation that the statements contained therein is true and correct to the best knowledge of the applicant and shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed by the individual making the application in the case of an individual, by all officers in the case of a corporation, by all partners in the case of a partnership, or by all officers of an unincorporated association, society or group or, if there be no officers, by all members of such association, society, or group.
B. 
Before an applicant may be issued a license, the applicant shall first provide:
(1) 
A determination of the maximum number of people which will be assembled or admitted to the location of the assembly, provided that the maximum number shall not exceed the maximum number which can reasonably assemble at the location of the assembly in consideration of the nature of the assembly and provided that where the assembly is to continue overnight, the maximum number shall not be more than is allowed to sleep within the boundaries of the location of the assembly by the zoning or health ordinances of the county and Town.
(2) 
The name, age, residence, and mailing address of all persons required to sign the application and, in the case of a corporation, a certified copy of the articles of incorporation together with the name, age, residence, and mailing address of each person holding 10% or more of the stock of said corporation.
(3) 
The address and legal description of all property upon which the assembly is to be held together with the name, residence, and mailing address of the owner(s) of record of all such property.
(4) 
Proof of ownership of all property upon which the assembly is to be held or a statement made upon oath or affirmation by the owner(s) of record of all such property that the applicant has permission to use such property for an assembly of 1,500 or more persons.
(5) 
The nature or purpose of the assembly.
(6) 
The total number of days and/or hours during which the assembly is to last.
(7) 
The maximum number of persons which the applicant shall permit to assemble at any time, not to exceed the maximum number which can reasonably assemble at the location of the assembly, in consideration of the nature of the assembly, or the maximum number of persons allowed to sleep within the boundaries of the location of the assembly by the zoning or health ordinances of the county and Town, if the assembly is to continue overnight.
(8) 
The maximum number of tickets to be sold, if any.
(9) 
The plans of the applicant to limit the maximum number of people permitted to assemble.
(10) 
A fence completely enclosing the proposed location, of sufficient height and strength to prevent people in excess of the maximum permissible number from gaining access to the assembly grounds, which shall have at least four gates, at least one at or near four opposite points of the compass. The plans for fencing the location of the assembly and the gates contained in such fence.
(11) 
Potable water, meeting all federal and state requirements for purity, sufficient to provide drinking water for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one gallon per person per day and water for bathing at the rate of at least 10 gallons per person per day. The plans for supplying potable water including the source, amount available, and location of outlets.
(12) 
Separate enclosed toilets for males and females, meeting all state and local specifications, conveniently located throughout the grounds, sufficient to provide facilities for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one toilet for every 200 females and at least one toilet for every 300 males together with an efficient, sanitary means of disposing of waste matter deposited, which is in compliance with all state and local laws and regulations; a lavatory with running water under pressure and a continuous supply of soap and paper towels shall be provided with each toilet. The plans for providing toilet and lavatory facilities including the source, number and location, type and the means of disposing of waste deposited.
(13) 
A sanitary method of disposing of solid waste, in compliance with the state and local laws and regulations, sufficient to dispose of the solid waste production of the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least 2.5 pounds of solid waste per person per day together with a plan for holding and a plan for collecting all such waste at least once each day of the assembly and sufficient trash cans with tight-fitting lids and personnel to perform the task. The plans for holding, collecting and disposing of solid waste material.
(14) 
If the assembly is to continue during hours of darkness, illumination sufficient to light the entire area of the assembly but not to shine unreasonably beyond the boundaries of the enclosed location of the assembly. The plans, if any, to illuminate the location of the assembly including the source and amount of power and the location of lamps.
(15) 
A free parking area inside of the assembly grounds sufficient to provide parking space for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one parking space for every four persons. The plans for parking vehicles including size and location of lots, points of highway access, and interior roads, including routes between highway access and parking lots.
(16) 
Telephones connected to outside lines sufficient to provide service for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one separate line and receiver for each 5,000 persons. Plans for telephone service including the source, numbers and location of telephones.
(17) 
If the assembly is to continue overnight, camping facilities in compliance with all state and local requirements as set forth in the Wisconsin Administrative Code, the Town Code and applicable Adams County ordinances, sufficient to provide camping accommodations for the maximum number of people to be assembled. The plans for camping facilitates, if any, including facilities available and their location.
(18) 
Security guards, either regularly employed, duly sworn, off-duty Wisconsin peace officers or private guards, licensed in Wisconsin, sufficient to provide adequate security for the maximum number of people to be assembled at the rate of at least one security guard for every 750 people. The plans for security including the number of guards, their deployments and their names, addresses, credentials, and hours of availability.
(19) 
Fire protection, including alarms, extinguishing devices, and fire lanes and escapes, sufficient to meet all state and local standards for the location of the assembly as set forth in the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Town Code and applicable Adams County ordinances, and sufficient emergency personnel to efficiently operate the required equipment. The plans for fire protection, including the number, type, and location of all protective devices including extinguishers, and the number of emergency fire personnel available to operate the equipment.
(20) 
All reasonably necessary precautions to insure that the sound of the assembly will not carry unreasonably beyond the enclosed boundaries of the location of the assembly. The plans for sound control and sound amplification, if any, including number, location, and power of amplifiers and speakers shall be specified.
(21) 
The plans to provide for medical facilities including the location and construction of a medical structure, the names and addresses and hours of availability of physicians and nurses, and provisions for emergency ambulance service.
(22) 
The plans for food concessions and concessionaires who will be allowed to operate on the grounds including the names and addresses of all concessionaires and their license or permit numbers.
C. 
A minimum bond of a $100,000 bond shall be filed with the Town Clerk/Treasurer, either in cash or underwritten by a surety company licensed to do business in Wisconsin, which shall indemnify and hold harmless the Town of Rome or any of its agents, officers, servants, and employees from any liability or causes of action which might arise by reason of granting this license and from any cost incurred in cleaning up any waste material produced or left by the assembly. The application shall include the bond required in this section and the license fee.
D. 
The application for a license shall be processed within 10 days of receipt and shall be issued if all conditions are complied with.
The license may be revoked by the Police Chief at any time if any of the conditions necessary for the issuing of or contained in the license are not complied with, or if any condition previously met ceases to be complied with.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Violations of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-5, General penalty.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory:
LOT
A parcel of land. A lot may be a parcel designated in a plat or described in a conveyance recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds, or any part of a large parcel when such part complies with the requirements of this Code as to width and area for the district in which it is located.
OWNER
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean either a natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or combination of these who shall hold title to a building, structure or property, or who shall be in actual possession of, or have charge, or control of building, structure, or property as agent of the title holder, or who shall be trustee or guardian of the estate or person of the title holder.
PERSON
Includes a corporation, firm partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals, including a personal representative, receiver or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever the term "person" is used in any section of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the work shall include the partners or members thereof, and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a more or less permanent location in or on the premises, or any other attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, which includes, but is not limited to, objects such as buildings, mobile homes, gas or liquid storage tanks, bridges, culverts, decks, fences, satellite dishes or swimming pools.
TOWN
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and Town committees.
TOWN BOARD or BOARD
The present governing body of the Town or any successors to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate thereof.
UTILITIES
Public and private facilities, such as water wells, water and sewage pumping stations, water storage tanks, electrical power substations, static transformer stations, telephone and telegraph exchanges, microwave radio relays and gas regulation stations, inclusive of associated transmission facilities but not including sewage disposal plants, municipal incinerators, warehouses, shops, storage yards and power plants.
WASTE
Garbage, refuse, and all other discarded or salvageable material, including materials resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations and from domestic use and public service activities.