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Ordinance No. 2001-05 Page 3 177.03 APPLICATIONS; REVIEW BY MAYOR'S DESIGNEE. (a) Community organizations desiring to announce community events shall make application to City in writing, on a form prepared by the City. The Mayor's Administrative Assistant or designee shall be the City official responsible for: (1) receiving and acting upon applications for access to the nonpublic forum; (2) determining the maximum number of space, in characters, available for messages on banners; and (3) authoring written opinions whenever an application is denied, explaining the grounds for denial. (b) Applications must be completed and signed no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the applicant requests that the announcement be made. (c) Applications shall contain all information requested by the form adopted by the City, including but not limited to the date announcement is requested and the name and address of the community organization representative responsible for submitting the application and supplying any additional information necessary to the processing of the application. (d) Applications must conform to the regulations of this Chapter in all particularities. If the City's agent, upon review of the application, discovers any irregularity or defect therein, the application shall be denied for failure to conform to these regulations. (e) Applications shall be acted upon by the Mayor's Administrative Assistant or designee, in writing, within ten (10) working days following the date of filing of the application. Applications shall be routinely granted, and may not be denied by the Mayor's Administrative Assistant or designee, unless the application, or the proposed announcement, fails to conform to at least one express provision of this Chapter. Decisions denying an application shall be mailed to the applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested. No application shall be denied unless the reason for denial has first been reviewed by the Director of Law. 177.04 CONTENT LIMITATIONS. The City is establishing a nonpublic forum in the airspace above the City right-of-way at the location described in Section 177.01(a). Only the announcement of community events by community organizations is permitted in such nonpublic forum. Accordingly, any proposed message must be a single event announcement. The City will publish the date, time, and location of such an event open to the public, along with the title of the event, so long as the title fits within the number and size of characters available on a banner as defined below in Section 177.05 . Applications containing titles that are too lengthy will be denied. No title will be edited by City personnel. 3