The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, welfare,
safety, peace and tranquility by regulating mass gatherings within the Town
of Glenville.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DRINKING WATER
Water provided for human consumption, food preparation, or for lavatory,
culinary, bathing or laundry purposes.
PERSON
Any individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation,
association, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry,
estate or any legal entity whatsoever.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including garbage,
rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street cleanup, dead animals, offal and
solid commercial waste.
SEWAGE
Excreta and waste from a flush toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing
or laundry machine, or the water carried away from any other fixture or equipment
or machine.
TOWN
The Town of Glenville.
Every existing and proposed water supply serving a mass gathering shall
conform to all applicable requirements of Part 5 of the state's Sanitary Code
and, in addition, shall meet the following requirements:
A. Drinking water shall be of a quality satisfactory to
the permit-issuing official. Such determination of quality shall be made by
the permit-issuing official with the advice and consent of the County Health
Department.
B. There shall be no physical connection between a pipe
carrying drinking water and a nonpotable water supply. A fixture, installation
or equipment from which back siphonage may occur shall not be supplied from
a pipe carrying drinking water.
C. A common drinking utensil shall not be provided. Drinking
fountains shall be of approved sanitary design and construction.
D. Any interruption in treatment of a drinking water supply
shall be reported immediately to the permit-issuing official. No change in
the source or method of treatment of the drinking water supply shall be made
without first notifying and securing the approval of the permit-issuing official.
Suitable and adequate hand-washing facilities shall be provided, convenient
to the toilets and food-handling facilities.
All applications for a permit to conduct a mass gathering shall include
the following information:
A. The name, age, residence, mailing address and telephone
number of the applicant; a statement of the applicant's legal status, such
as individual, partnership, corporation, and whether the applicant has ever
been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. If the applicant is a partnership
or limited-liability company, state the name, age, residence, mailing address
and telephone number of each partner or member and, if a corporation, the
names and addresses of all corporate officers and directors, together with
a certified copy of the articles of incorporation and a list of the names
and addresses of all persons directly in charge of the activity.
B. The location and survey description of the property where
the activity is proposed, including all lands to be used directly, indirectly
or incidental to the proposed activity or any part thereof, attaching to the
application certified copies of documents disclosing the nature of the interest
of the applicant relating to such property. If such interest is a leasehold,
a copy of such lease shall be attached.
C. The date or dates and the hours during which the activity
is to be conducted and the total time period of such activity.
D. The program and plans of the activity in its entirety,
with particular emphasis on the following:
(1) Detailed plans for parking facilities off public roadways
able to serve all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of up to 100
passenger cars per acre or 30 buses per acre.
(2) Detailed plans for transportation arrangements from noncontiguous
parking facilities to the site to fully serve all reasonably anticipated requirements
at a rate of no less than 20,000 persons or the sum of the number of acres
included in such noncontiguous parking area multiplied by 120 (whichever is
less) per hour, including a statement from the Glenville Chief of Police certifying
that the traffic-control plan within the Town is satisfactory.
(3) An outline map of the area to be used, to an appropriate
scale, showing the location of all toilets and hand-washing facilities, all
water-supply sources (lakes, ponds, streams, wells, storage tanks, etc.),
all areas of assemblage, including separate overnight camping areas for sleeping,
all food service areas and refuse storage, handling and disposal areas, and
emergency access and egress roads.
(4) The total number of persons permitted at the event, including
performers, staff members and audience, which shall be determined by providing
a net assembly area of at least 50 square feet per person in addition to providing
at least 50 square feet per person in a separate camping area for 50% of the
population.
(5) A plan for limiting attendance, including methods of
entering the area, number and location of ticket booths and entrances, and
provisions for keeping non-ticket-holders out of the area.
(6) A statement agreeing to complete all construction and
installation of services and facilities, including water supply, toilet and
hand-washing facilities, sewage disposal, roads, food-service equipment and
refuse handling facilities, at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of
the event.
(7) A detailed plan for food service, including a description
of food sources, menu, mandatory use of single-service dishes and utensils,
refrigeration, food handling and dispensing.
(8) A detailed plan for use of signs to locate all facilities
and roadways.
(9) A statement from the local fire department having jurisdiction
over the area verifying that the facilities available to such mass gathering
are suitable to provide adequate fire safety, and that it is aware of the
event and is willing to cooperate if needed.
(10) A detailed plan for emergency situations, including:
(b) Medical supplies, facilities and personnel.
(11) A statement from the local civil defense director indicating
that he/she has been advised of the event and has approved the plan from a
civil defense standpoint.
(12) A command post to be used by police, fire, or State Department
of Health personnel or the permit-issuing official and his/her lawful representatives,
or both, consisting of a minimum of one building or trailer equipped with
a communications system satisfactory to the permit-issuing official.
(13) A statement that, if the adult mosquito and biting fly
populations are found to be in excess of 15 specimens per trap/night, the
applicant agrees to insure that proper adult mosquito control measures are
instituted no earlier than 72 hours nor later than 48 hours before the advertised
start of the gathering in order to reduce such populations to a satisfactory
level.
(14) A detailed plan for elimination of noxious weeds 96 hours
before commencement of the mass gathering.
(15) Detailed plans for security enforcement, including prevention
of the unlawful use of alcohol, narcotics and dangerous drugs at the site,
methods for limiting the use of the proposed function to the number of participants
for which the facilities are designed, and external as well as internal crowd
control, including sufficient guards for crowd control and security enforcement.
E. The location and construction of toilet and hand-washing
facilities designed to serve fully all reasonably anticipated requirements
at a rate of no more than 100 persons per toilet seat and 750 persons per
hand-washing facility, 50% of the male toilets to be urinals, and plans for
construction and reports, including copies of all rental and service contracts,
showing that the construction and operation constitute no threat to pollution
of surface or underground water locations, to be attached.
F. The location and construction of water supply facilities,
designed to serve fully all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate
of one pint of potable water per person, per hour, for the maximum estimated
daily attendance. One tap and one drinking fountain shall be provided per
1,000 persons and shall be separately located with adequate soakage pits or
drainage.
G. Detailed plans for internal storage and collection of
refuse, including provisions for disposal and cleaning the property and immediate
surrounding properties within 48 hours after the event.
H. Detailed plans for emergency first aid to fully serve
all reasonably anticipated requirements. Such plans shall state the arrangements
made with hospitals and ambulances in the area, including names and locations,
the number of doctors and nurses at the site and on call, and arrangements
made with other medical personnel and facilities, either at the site or on
call.
I. Detailed plans for amplifying equipment designed to control
the noise level at the perimeter of the site to no more than 75 decibels on
the A scale of a sound-level meter, which meets the specifications of the
American National Standards Institute.
J. Detailed plans for lighting designed to illuminate the
public areas of the site at all times and demonstrating that the lighting
will not reflect on any area beyond the boundary of the site.
K. A plan showing that the proposed activity is adequately
buffered from all neighboring homes within 500 feet of the perimeter of the
site.
No permit shall be issued unless the applicant shall furnish the Town
with a comprehensive liability insurance policy insuring the Town against
liability for damage to person or property, with limits of not less than $1,000,000/$5,000,000
for bodily injury or death and limits of not less than $1,000,000 for property
damage, to save the Town harmless from any and all liability or causes of
action which might arise by granting of the permit, which policy shall not
be cancelable without 10 days' prior written notice to the Town and which
shall be in effect during the entire period of the mass gathering. Failure
to keep such policy in effect will result in automatic revocation of the permit
without hearing.
The applicant shall submit a statement of financial resources, prepared
by a certified public accountant, showing finances sufficient to execute plans
as submitted.
Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as set from time to time
by resolution of the Town Board, payable at the time of submission. The fee shall be compensation
to the Town for its examination and processing of such application and shall
not be refundable in whole or in part.
The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to and not in lieu of nor construed to be in conflict with the provisions contained in § 225 of the Public Health Law or §§ 7-1.40 through 7-1.44 of Chapter
1 of the New York State Sanitary Code.