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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMO # 85043 MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 9150 A MUNICIPAL ORDER ESTABLISHING STREET MUSIC COORDINATORS WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to encourage performances by street musicians to enhance the festive atmosphere of community events; and -� WHEREAS, coordination in the use of City sidewalks and streets is required to assure that performances by street musicians do not conflict with each other or the public; BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. The City Manager is authorized to appoint citizen volunteers who may assist the City as Street Music Coordinators in the following manner: A. Each Street Music Coordinator will be appointed for specific community festivals or events and for specific geographic areas, as the City Manager may designate. B. Within his or her assigned time and area the Street Music Coordinator has authority to: ➢ Recruit musicians but not to obligate the City for the payment of any performance. ➢ Assign individual musicians or groups to specific performance locations on public property, sidewalks, or the closed travel - ways of public streets. ➢ Assign individual musicians or groups to specific performance times at their assigned location. ➢ Prescribe how the assigned performance space shall be used so as to prevent dangerous blocking of pedestrian traffic. (In any matter regarding public safety, the decision of a Police Officer will pre-empt the decision of a Street Music Coordinator) ➢ Restrict amplification levels so that the volume from one performance does not disrupt the ability to hear an adjacent performance. C. In recruiting musicians and assigning performance locations a Street Music Coordinator should: ➢ Give first priority to public safety, but must subordinate his decision to the decision of a Police Officer ➢ Provide a variety of music styles ➢ Rotate preferred sites among participating musicians ➢ Place musicians who draw large crowds at sites that can safely accommodate the crowd ➢ Accommodate whenever possible the preferences of adjacent business operators. ➢ Provide opportunities for young musicians and new musicians to perform 44 D. Musicians performing on private property within the Street Music Coordinator's designated area may choose to voluntarily place themselves under the direction of a Street Music Coordinator in the same manner as musicians performing on public property; provided, however, a Street Music Coordinator may not infringe on the rights of the private property owner. Musicians performing on private property who choose not to come under the direction of the Street Music Coordinator are required limit the volume of their music to a level which allows individuals speaking1 in a normal conversational tone 100 feet from the nearest point where the public right-of-way touches the private property where the music is being paid to clearly hear each other. E. The Police Department will coordinate with Street Music Coordinator in enforcing the terms of this Municipal Order including, but not limited to, the enforcement of City ordinances pertaining to traffic and pedestrian safety, sidewalk obstructions and noise control, as the Police Officer believes necessary. F. Individuals who feel they have been aggrieved by a decision of a Street Music Coordinator may appeal their grievance to the City Manager. Any such grievance shall be in writing, shall state the action being grieved, and shall propose a remedy. A decision by the City Manager shall be final. G. Street Music Coordinators are also authorized to coordinate and encourage participation and performances by mimes, magicians, jugglers, and similar street performers in the same manner as set forth above. H. The City Manager may revoke any designation as Street Music Coordinator at any time at his sole discretion. SECTION 2. This Order shall be in full force and effect on and after the date of its adoption. ATTEST: 4enit�Smi�ith,Ci y Clerk Adopted by the Board of Commissioners June 27, 2000 Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk ,lune 27, 2000 mo/musician 12190