28-2022 - Amend 905.15 & 905.21 fees for rental of city property

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to PWS 9/6/22; 2nd reading 9/19/22 ORDINANCE NO. 28-2022 BY: Baker, Kepple, Litten, Marx, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending various sections of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to establish fees for the use of Cove Community Center and to update the fees charged for all properties available to the public to rent. WHEREAS, Lakewood recently opened Cove Community Center, a multigenerational facility that houses the Divisions of Aging, Youth and Early Childhood; and WHEREAS, Lakewood would like to make portions of the facility available for residents and members of the public to utilize for meetings and events; and WHEREAS, Lakewood has not updated fees charged for use of city properties in over 14 years; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments to provide for the usual daily operation of the City in that these fees should become effective for all rental agreements that post-date this legislation. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO Section 1. That Section 905.15 Picnic Areas; Permit for Use of Picnic Pavilions of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 905.15 PICNIC AREAS; PERMIT FOR USE OF PICNIC PAVILIONS. (a) The Director of Public Works shall establish a list of picnic pavilions that shall be available by permit only ("Permit Pavilion"). (b) For the months of May through October those pavilions designated as Permit Pavilions shall require a permit. However, during the months of November through April no permit is required. Permits shall be issued by the Director of Public Works. The permit applicant shall be age eighteen years or older. Permit applications shall be submitted on a form provided by the Director of Public Works. (c) The applicant shall pay a non-refundable fee as established by Lakewood City Council. The Lakewood Kiwanis shall not be charged a fee for use of the Kiwanis Pavilion located at Lakewood Park. (d) Permittees shall be responsible for clean-up of the area of premises used and for any damage caused to property. If the immediate area in which the picnic was held is not cleaned, the Director of Public Works shall order or direct clean-up and/or property damage repair. Permittees shall be responsible for payment of any actual cost of clean-up or repair.