Ordinance Number 227437
ORDINANCE NO. 227
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO GRANTING A
FRANCHISE TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO CONDUCT FIESTA DE
CINCO DE MAYO AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
171.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the
"FIESTA DE CINCO DE MAYO" ORDINANCE.
SECTION 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this ordinance, the
following terms, phrases, wor s and their deriviations shall have the mean-
ing given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, 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. .
1)- "City" is the City of San Juan Capistrano.
2) "Chamber" is the Chamber of Commerce of the City of San
Juan Capistrano and the grantee of rights under this
franchise.
3) "Council" is the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano.
4) "Person" is any person, firm partnership, association,
corporation company or organization of any kind.
SECTION 3. Grant of Authorit . -There is hereby granted by the_
City to e Chamber the rig t and privilege of operating, maintaining and
conducting within the City theFiestaDe Cincode'Y4ayocommemorating
the historical and cultural heritage of San Juan Capistrano.
SECTION 4. Com liancewith A licable Laws and Ordinances. The
Chamber shall, at all times during the life of this franchise, be subject
to all lawful exercise of the police power by the City, and to such
reasonable regulation as the City shall hereafter by resolution or ordi-
nance provide.
SECTION 5. Liability -Indemnification. It is expressly'understood
and agreed by and between the Chamber and the City that the Chamber shall -
save the City harmless from all loss sustained by the. City on account of
any suit, judgment, execution, claim, or demand whatsoever, resulting from
negligence on the part of the Chamber in the conduct of its Fiesta De Cinco
-de Mayo in the City. The City shall notify the Chamber's representative
in the City within fifteen (15) days after the presentation of any claim
or demand, either by suit or otherwise, made againsttheCity on account of
any negligence as aforesaid an the part of the Chamber. Chamber shall, in
addition, secure, from an insurance company approved by City, public lia-
bility insurance including the City as an additional insured in the follow-
ing amounts: $100,000.00 bodily injury for each person; $300,000.00 bodily
injury for each accident; $50,000.00 property damage. The aforesaid insur-
ance policy shall also contain the provision that the City will be given
ten (10) daysnoticeof any intent to cancel. _
SECTION G. Chamber Rules and Regulations. The Chamber shall have
the authority to promulgate such rules, regulations, terms and conditions
governing the conduct of its business as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable it to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this
franchise.Provided, however, that such rules, regulations, terms and
conditions shall not be in conflict with the provisions hereof or of laws
of the State of California.
SECTION 7. Conditions.
a) Chamber shall cause the public streets which are used for its
fiesta to be properly swept and cleaned before 4:00 a.m. the
day following the parade. ,
b) Chamber shall provide all necessary traffic safety devices,
VVV barricades and directional signs to maintain an orderly flow
and circulation of traffic.
c) Chamber shall coordinate with the City and the appropriate
law enforcement agencies for the presence of a sufficient
number of trained personnel to maintain and monitor the
traffic, and to provide adequate crowd control.
d). Chamber shall, each year, provide the City Clerk of the City
of San Juan Capistrano, a map delineating the parade route
and a program of activities planned.
SECTION S.- A roval of Transfer. The Chamber shall not sell or
transfer any rights under this tranchise to another without Council _
approval. Provided, that no sale or _transfer shall be effective until
the vendee, assignee or lessee has filed in the office of the City Clerk
an instrument, duly executed, reciting the fact of such sale, assignment r,
or lease, accepting the terms of the franchise-, and agreeing to ,perform
all the conditions thereof.
SECTION 9. Cit Ri hts in Franchise. The right is hereby reserved'.
to the City to -adopt, .n ad .tion t0 a provisionsherein contained and "
existing applicable ordinances, such additional regulations as it shall find
necessary in the exerciseofthe police power, provided that such regula-
tions, by ordinance or otherwise, shall be reasonable, and not in conflict
with the rights herein granted, and shall not be in conflict with the laws
of the State of California.
SECTION 10. Term of Franchise. The franchise and the rights
herein granted shall take effect and be in force from and after the final
passage here, as required by law, and shall continue thereafter from year -
to year. Provided, however, the City may, for any reason, terminate this
franchise upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Chamber.
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" SECTION 11. Concessions. Chamber shall have the right and auth-
ority to select and to contro such concessionaires and other businesses
which desire to establish their business activities within the City for"
the duration of the Cinco de Mayo festivities. Each such concessionaire
shall...be.subject to the. BuaniRess.:License.Ord nance"of the City.of San Juan
Capistrano. However, in lieu. of the business license fee payable pursuant
to -Section -16B of said ordinance, each such concessionaire shall payto
the Chamber such amounts as may be establishedby-Chamber Rules and Regu-
lations for the right and privilege of participating in the said -festivi-
ties.
SECTION 12. Ur enC This ordinance is an urgency ordinance for
theimme late pro
o the public peace, health, safety and welfare
and shall take effect immediately.. The facts constituting thisurgency
are as follows:
The Cinco de Mayo celebration is scheduled to occur on May S, 1973,
and unless an enforceable ordinance is in effect on that date there will
be no effective means of controlling an influx of a multitude of"unregu-
lated concessionaires.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of April, 1973, by the
following vote, to 'wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:" BYRNES, CHERMAK, GAMMELL, THORPE, WEATHERS -
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ATTEST: