ORD 2641 ORDINANCE NO . 02
AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 5 . 20 of the Camas
Municipal Code , by revising the permit fee and clarifying the
special event permit process for certain uses within city parks .
The Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows :
Section I
Section 5 . 20 . 020 of the Camas Municipal Code is hereby amended to provide as follows :
5 . 20 . 020 Permit required : Any person desiring to conduct or
sponsor a special event shall apply for a special event permit by
filing an application with the city clerk ' s office and pay a thirty-
five dollar application fee forty- five days prior to the date on which
the event is to occur . No fee shall be imposed when prohibited by
the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States
Constitution , or Article I , Sections 3 , 4 , 5 or 11 of the Washington
State Constitution . Political or religious activities intended
primarily for the communication or expression of ideas shall be .
presumed to be a constitutionally protected event .
A special event permit is not required for the following :
A . Funerals and wedding processions ;
B . Other similar events and activities which would not directly
affect or use in any manner city services or streets ;
C . School and City events which are routinely scheduled ;
D . Non- commercial and limited use of city park areas for
events such as birthdays , anniversaries , and reunions
with less than 50 attendees , closed to the public at large ,
and otherwise not significantly impacting municipal public
property or public rights of way as described in
Section 5 . 20 . 010 ;
E . Non- commercial use of the Fallen Leaf Park picnic shelter .
Section II
This Ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 ) days from and after its
publication according to law .
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PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Ma or this day of
12 2012 .
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