DEPARTMENT: Public Services and Revenue Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Application For Assemblage Of Large Number Of People License For Dakota City Heritage Village
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Approve the application for Assemblage of Large Numbers of People license for Dakota City Heritage Village, as recommended and authorized by the Public Services and Revenue Division to issue the license.
SUMMARY
An application has been submitted by Dakota City Heritage Village to hold the annual Christmas in the Village event located at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th Street West, Farmington, which is located in Castle Rock Township. The event will be held December 7-8, 2024, and December 14-15, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. each day.
Dakota County Ordinance No. 102 requires that no person shall permit, maintain, promote, conduct, advertise, act as entrepreneur, undertake, organize, manage, sell or give tickets to an actual or anticipated assembly of 300 or more persons for an exhibition or show of any nature, whether on public or private property, unless a license to hold such an assembly has first been approved by the Public Services and Revenue Division, Public Health Department, Risk Management Department, Transportation Department, and the Sheriff's Office. Castle Rock Township has also reviewed the application.
Under the Dakota County Ordinance, security and traffic controls must meet local and State requirements. Such controls shall include, but not be limited to, law enforcement officers having jurisdiction in Dakota County and any additional security officers sufficient to provide adequate security for the maximum number of people assembled, as recommended by the Dakota County Sheriff.
License holders are required to obtain a $10,000 bond payable to Dakota County and commercial general liability insurance in the sum of $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury or death or property damage naming Dakota Cou...
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