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A. Authorization.

1. All temporary uses shall obtain, prior to occupancy of the site, all applicable permits, licenses and other approvals (i.e., business license, building permit, administrative approvals, etc.).

2. The applicant for a temporary use shall supply written authorization from the owner of property on which the temporary use is located, including city approval of right-of-way, and submit such approval as part of the application.

3. No temporary use shall occupy or use public parks in any manner unless specifically approved by the parks and recreation director.

4. The temporary use shall comply with all applicable standards of the Snohomish County health department.

5. Applications for special events, which are defined as any parade, fair, show, festival, carnival, rally, party, filming of movie, video or television show, motorcade, run, street dance, bike-a-thon, race, walks, athletic event, or other attended entertainment or celebration that is to be held in whole or in part upon publicly owned property and/or public right-of-way, or, if held wholly upon private property, will nevertheless affect or impact the ordinary and normal use by the general public of public property or public rights-of-way within the vicinity of the event, are subject to the applicable requirements of Chapter 5.28 MMC, Special Events.

B. Duration and Frequency. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, temporary use permits shall be limited in duration and frequency as follows:

1. The temporary use permit shall be effective for no more than one hundred eighty calendar days from the date of the first event or occurrence;

2. The temporary use shall not exceed a total of sixty days of operation within the one-hundred-eighty-day period in which the permit is valid. A day of operation shall mean any or part of any day in which the temporary use is conducted. The days need not run consecutively and may occur at any time during the period for which the permit was approved, provided each day is designated and approved as part of the application;

3. The temporary use permit shall specify a date upon which the use shall be terminated and removed; and

4. A temporary use permit shall not be granted for the same temporary use on a property more than once per calendar year.

C. Site Conditions and Maintenance.

1. Each site occupied by a temporary use shall be free of debris, litter, or other evidence of the temporary use upon completion or removal of the use; and

2. All materials, structures and products related to the temporary use must be removed from the premises between days of operation on the site; provided, that materials, structures and products related to the temporary use may be left on site overnight between consecutive days of operation.

D. Parking and Access.

1. A temporary use conducted in a parking lot shall not occupy or remove from availability more than twenty-five percent of the spaces required for the permanent use.

2. Each site occupied by a temporary use must provide or have available sufficient parking and vehicular maneuvering area for customers.

3. The parking facility shall provide safe and efficient interior circulation and ingress and egress to and from public rights-of-way.

4. Parking and access for proposed temporary uses shall be determined by the zoning administrator.

5. The applicant for a proposed temporary use shall provide any parking/traffic control attendants as specified by the public works director. (Ord. 005/2019 § 10 (Exh. B))