ROC CONTINUES TO IGNORE FRANKLIN REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS - TACOS and TEQUILA 2022 BEING PROMOTED AND TICKETS SALES OPENED

 Franklin Community News

ROC CONTINUES TO IGNORE FRANKLIN REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS AND IS PROMOTING AND SELLING TICKETS FOR 2 EVENTS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF FRANKLIN.  WHY IS THE CITY AFRAID TO APPLY THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES TO THE ROC?

Dear Mr. Mayor and Member of the Franklin Common Council.

When is enough enough?  Who runs this city?  You the members of the Common Council and the Mayor or the ROC, Mike Zimmerman, and County Supervisor Steve Taylor.  When are you going to do what the residents voted you in to do and apply the city ordinances uniformly to all businesses and not just to pick and choose to apply the Municipal Codes when you chose?  The talk shows, blogs, and mainstream media all are saying what many Franklin residents have known for a long time, that there is an INCESTUOUS relationship with the ROC, Zimmerman, and County Supervisor Taylor with the City of Franklin.

There are two events that are being promoted that HAVE NOT been approved by the Licensing Committee or the Common Council and are being promoted and tickets being sold for both events  The latest was announced today and tickets are already being sold at https://tacosandtequilamke.com .  There have been no public discussions posted about the impact of this event on the community including Greendale and how numerous logistical issues and concerns of the ROC will be addressed.  There has not been an Extraordinary Event Application approved for either of these events by the City of Franklin.

and the previous announced over two months ago with tickets being sold online since June is EnchantChristmas.com

I would like a response TODAY from the City of Franklin why the ROC does not need to comply with City Ordinances and Ordinances ARE NOT enforced by the City.  What will the City do to Enforce its own ordinances?  This has NOTHING to do with an MOU or a Planned Development District.  I EXPECT a response from the Franklin Mayor and the City Attorney.

Following are the Municipal Ordinances the City of Franklin CHOOSES NOT TO ENFORCE to the ROC, Mike Zimmerman and County Supervisor Steve Taylor

Franklin Municipal Code

121-9  extraordinary entertainment and amusement (special) events

C. 

License required. Any person, whether or not holding an entertainment and amusement license, under this section intending to hold, produce or sponsor a special event shall obtain a special event license prior to such event pursuant to the terms and provisions of this § 121-9.

E. 

Regulations.

(1) 

Duration and hours of operation. The duration of any special event shall not exceed four consecutive days and any permit issued under this section shall specify the days upon which the event shall occur. No special event shall be open to the public except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on any Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on any Friday and Saturday occurring within the duration of the special event. Such permit shall also specify the hours during which pre-event setup and postevent takedown operations may occur and no such operations may be conducted other than as so specified

(2) 

Maximum attendance. A special event license shall specify the maximum peak number of people to attend the special event. The licensee shall not sell tickets to nor allow the attendance of more people at the special event at any time than as specified in the license. Any tickets sold or advertisement made prior to the grant of a license under this section and the satisfaction of all conditions of such license shall include therein, in like medium, a statement that "the occurrence of the (special event) remains subject to the approval of the City of Franklin."

(3) 

Parking. Off-street parking areas are required for each special event so as to provide parking space for the maximum anticipated attendance specified in the license, at the rate of at least one parking space for every three persons. Such parking areas shall be specified within the application and shall be located upon the special event premises; upon separate premises within 1,000 feet of the special event premises or upon premises located more than 1,000 feet away from the special event premises, provided that the licensee provides a vehicular shuttle service to and from such away parking area which operates in fifteen-minute round-trip intervals at all times during the event and continuing for 30 minutes following the close of the event on any day. All temporary parking facilities for special events shall be maintained free of dust or mud and all dirt or mud tracked onto the public right-of-way shall be cleared and removed within two hours following the close of the event on any day. The Police Department shall only post temporary parking-related regulations on public streets for special events if determined necessary by the Police Chief for public traffic safety or as may be directed by the Common Council within the license approval process.

(7) 

Noise. No licensee shall permit any sound created by the special event activity to carry unreasonably beyond the boundaries of the special event premises.

(8) 

Security. 

Private security guards licensed by the State of Wisconsin shall be provided for a special event at the rate of at least one security guard for every 750 people anticipated to attend the special event as set forth in the license. No such security guard shall be armed unless the applicant sets forth on the application the intention that security guards shall be armed and, prior to the approval of the application, the applicant obtains the written approval of the Chief of Police determining that all such armed security guards meet all of the criteria and requirements set forth under § 941.237(3)(cm) and 167.31(4)(a)4, Wis. Stats., and that the state licenses required under such statutes are permanent and not temporary licenses. Any such armed security guards shall be in full compliance with and not violate any other governmental law, statute, regulation, rule, order or ordinance at all times during, or while acting in relation to, the special event. This requirement for the provision of private security guards may be modified upon recommendation from the Chief of Police to do so and approval thereof by the Common Council, upon consideration of the nature of the event and a showing of historical facts that the same special event has a history of a low level of activity occurrence pertaining to the public need for security and police intervention.

[Amended 6-22-1999 by Ord. No. 99-1561; 6-7-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-2220]

(10) 

Compliance with other code provisions. No special event shall occur unless all other necessary municipal permits, licenses and approvals applicable to the special event activities have been granted and any license granted under this section shall be conditioned upon the licensee obtaining all such other licenses, permits and approvals.

(4) 

No application shall be accepted as filed until the City Clerk determines that the information in the application is complete and sufficient for filing purposes as required under this Subsection F. Upon filing, the Clerk shall distribute copies of the application to the Police, Fire, Health, Planning, Building Inspection and Engineering Departments and Common Council members

J. 

Approval or denial of application. 

Upon receipt of a completed application, the City Clerk shall submit the application for review to the Common Council, which shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the license within 20 working days of its filing. The Common Council shall have the authority to modify the time and place or specified activities of a special event to facilitate crowd control in the interests of relieving congestion and promoting public safety. The Common Council shall issue the license if it complies with all terms and provisions of this section. Grounds for denial of the application shall include:

(1) 

Any false or misleading statements set forth upon the application.

(2) 

The special event is of such a size or nature so as to require the diversion of so great a number of municipal police or fire services so as to deny reasonable police or fire services to the City as a whole.

(3) 

The time, size and nature of the special event would unduly disrupt the safe and orderly use of any street or public place, or material portion thereof, which is ordinarily subject to congestion or traffic at the proposed time or substantially interrupts the safe and orderly movement of traffic.

(4) 

The vehicles, temporary structures, sanitary facilities, tents, equipment or other materials used in the special event do not comply with or meet all applicable health, fire or safety requirements.

(5) 

The special event will interfere or conflict with another special event for which an application had been previously filed or with a construction or public works project.

(6) 

The conduct of the special event will be contrary to law, including noise regulations.

(7) 

Either the applicant or a proposed special event were previously licensed for a prior special event under this section and violated any term of this section while operating under such license.

L. 

Enforcement. 

Any person who violates any provision of this section or who violates any condition upon which a special event license is granted shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. In addition, the City may enforce this section by way of injunctive relief and all other remedies available at law and in equity.