Department of Parks and Recreation Policy Rules for Outdoor Events in City of Atlanta Parks

2018 Department of Parks and Recreation Policy Rules for Outdoor Events in City of Atlanta Parks PRESENTED BY: JOHN DARGLE, JR. COMMISSIONER DOUG VOSS DIRECTOR OF PARKS ADRIENNE WRIGHT SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER Table of Contents 2018 DPR Policy Rules for Outdoor Festivals……………………………………………………….…………. Page 3 2018 DPR Policy Rules for Gated Park Events (GPE’s)……………………….……………………….…… Page 6 2018 Large Gatherings in a Park & Greenspace Permits………………………………………….….... Page 11 Showmobile…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 12 2018 Athletic Field Use Policy……………………………….………………………………….…….………….… Page 13 2018 Assembly Permits……….…………………………………………………………….…………………………. Page 17 Appendix I – ❖ Event Definitions and Event Classifications by Size and Office of Purview……… Page 18 ❖ Potential Park Listed by Size/Classification…………………………………………………… Page 19 ❖ Park Rest/Remediation Periods……………………………………………………………………… Page 20 ❖ Movie Permits and Amplified Sound Information…………………………………………… Page 21 Appendix III – GPE Permits—please contact Special Events Manager, Adrienne Wright at [email protected] 2 2018 DPR Policy Rules for Outdoor Events General Provisions: 1) Outdoor Event organizers are not allowed to prevent access to any greenspace by way of gating, fencing, charging or requiring a ticket for admission to the greenspace. 2) Outdoor event organizers not allowed to advertise that admission is required for entry. 3) Tickets and ticket packages may be advertised and used to sell food and beverages as well as other items. With approved Outdoor Festival or Assembly permit, ticket packages for goods and services may be sold before or during the event but in no case can a charge be required to access public property/greenspace. 4) Outdoor Festivals may not prohibit access to specific amenities such as dog parks, playgrounds, splash pads, swimming pools or skateparks. Specific site amenities must be used in the way that they were intended. Multi-purpose fields may be used for Outdoor Festivals for pedestrian use such as concert viewing but may not have structural infrastructure set up on the field. 5) Outdoor Festivals must request use of other reservable spaces such as pavilions and ballfields no later than 90 days prior to the event. Dates and times of the actual event are to be submitted to the Office of Parks Reservations. All applicable fees apply. Amenities may only be available based on availability. (Open to public 90 days in advance) 6) Amplified sound may not occur before 9:00am in City of Atlanta Parks, except for permitted Assemblies and Outdoor Festivals. 7) Event organizers may not set-up for single day events prior to 6:00am nor may break down for single day events occur after 11:00pm in a City of Atlanta Park. 8) Cycle Track—The bike lane on 10th street near Piedmont Park can only be closed for Class A outdoor events or Gated Park Event. 9) Overnight events between the hours of 11PM-6AM are only allowed at Woodruff Park and Gordon White Park and must abide by the City Code of Ordinances. Please see Sec. 110-75. 10) Outdoor Festivals may request permission from DPR to post banners, fliers and other signage regarding an upcoming event, no sooner than 1 week prior to the event. DPR may request to see a copy of what is proposed to be placed in the park. All signage must conform to the following guidelines: a. Signage must not be staked in the ground in any manner (wire frames may be permitted) 3 b. Signage must not block line of sight for traffic c. Signage may only occur in the park or greenspace in which the Outdoor Festival is to take place d. DPR is not responsible for any damage or loss of signs and the Outdoor Festival organizer must repair any damage caused from signage e. No signs may be tied or hung on trees, shrubs or other vegetation f. No signs or banners will be approved to be hung in Freedom Park, unless associated with approved temporary art (requires permit) or for an amenity located in the park g. No more than 2 banners and 5 real estate/yard posting signs or smaller throughout the park 11) DPR will not permit Outdoor Festivals to be scheduled or to take place on the same site infrastructure footprint within a required remediation period unless the infrastructure and remediation is being shared by consecutive events and is approved by DPR. (See remediation schedule attached) 12) It is DPR’s recommendation that only one Outdoor Festival and/or Gated Park Event (GPE) will be permitted to occur within a park each day. (Chastain Park Amphitheatre events are not considered an event for the purposes of this policy. Organizations wishing to host an Outdoor Festival/GTE at Chastain Park must submit an A & B plan for event dates/times at the time of submittal if during the amphitheater event season.) a. Outdoor events may be required to pay for use of water at Chastain Park since the meter is not under DPR purview OR the event organizer may be required to bring in their own potable water for the event. 13) DPR may require an Event Monitor/Staff Member to be present during the load in and load out of any Class A, B, C Outdoor Festival, to ensure compliance with park rules and all park assets are protected. Based on site plan, organizers may be responsible for erecting tree save fencing as per DPR requirements and removing the fencing after the event is complete. Costs can be charged to the event organizer/permit holder. a. Outdoor Festival organizers may be required to pay/reimburse the Piedmont Park Conservancy for security if the event prevents normal business operations from accessing the park through the Park Drive, Charles Allen Drive, 12th and 14th Street gates. b. Minimum operation and service lane access to amenities operated by third parties such as Greystone and the tennis center must be maintained at all times. Effective March 1st, 2015, all site plans submitted for Piedmont Park must abide by the following policy: Set-up of infrastructure is prohibited within the Blues lines (see Appendix A) in 4 Piedmont Park unless the event organizer rents Greystone. Access to Greystone must be allowed to vendors, contractors and the Piedmont Park Conservancy throughout the event. Class A festivals are the only exception to the rule. c. Event organizer may be responsible for compensating the Piedmont Park Conservancy for additional restroom use or paying for a park attendant at park facilities. d. Event organizer may be responsible for and/or maintaining permanent restrooms within an approved site plan. 14) Set-up of infrastructure may not be placed under the drip lines of park trees. The drip line of a tree is defined by the outermost circumference of a tree canopy where water drips from and onto the ground. 15) Each Outdoor Festival and GPE is responsible for remediating the site to a condition at least as good as before the festival occurred. This may include, at a minimum, aeration and fertilization of impacted turf. This includes all areas impacted by load in/out and areas included in the event footprint. a. All Outdoor Festival organizers are responsible for any fines that may be imposed as a result of violations of city code, including but not limited to, fines for tree impact, fines for improper disposal of grey water or fees related to damage to park or city amenities. b. Failure to pay fines and fees to the City of Atlanta may result in the denial of future permits. 16) Park Restrooms are available to use as part of the event during normal operating hours. Outside of normal operating hours the event organizer must arrange access to the restrooms with the Reservations office no later than 14 days prior to the event date. Please note that there is no guarantee of functionality of restrooms at the time of your event. Event organizers may be responsible for maintaining existing public restrooms if included in event footprint. 17) Outdoor Festivals will not be permitted in parks and greenspaces of less than 2 acres unless the festival is including the park area of less than 2 acres within a larger festival site plan which may include street closures or other property. (Example: Delta Park, Gordon White Park, Hardy Ivy Park) a. Outdoor Festivals may not be permitted at specific park and greenspace locations including, but not limited to, the Greensward at Piedmont Park and Freedom Park. b. No additional Class A Outdoor Festivals will be permitted for Piedmont Park except as identified in the existing MOU. c. Outdoor Festivals at Piedmont Park’s Oak Hill must adhere to the following: • Limited to 3 annually 5 • Recommended attendance should be less than 10,000 • No more than one stage and a sound booth are allowed on Oak Hill • No vending on the turf of Oak Hill • The City of Atlanta may permit additional events and adjust site plan requirements on Oak Hill if used as a fundraiser for the City or MOU partner. 18) Smoking is not permitted at any City of Atlanta park. Organizers must include “No Smoking Information” in all external communication to attendees. 19) Park Attendants--Event organizers may be required to hire Park Attendants from the Reservations Office for Assemblies requesting sound prior to 9AM and to also have vehicular access or park restroom access into the park. Park attendants are available on a first come, first serve basis and must be booked no later than 14 days prior to the event date. The rate for park attendants is $13.00/hour for a minimum of 4 hours. To hire a park attendant please email requests to [email protected] and include your event name and date and the times requested for vehicular access.

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