New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter I - State Sanitary Code › Part 7 - TEMPORARY RESIDENCES, MASS GATHERINGS AND CHILDREN'S CAMPS › Subpart 7-4 - Mass Gatherings › Section 7-4.7 - Engineering report

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
All applications for a permit to conduct a mass gathering
					 shall be accompanied by an engineering report containing the following
					 information:
(a) The name, age,
				  residence, mailing address and telephone number of the applicant; a statement
				  of the applicant's legal status, such as individual, partnership, corporation,
				  etc. If the applicant is a partnership, state the names and addresses, etc. of
				  all partners; and if a corporation, the names and addresses of all corporate
				  officers and stockholders, together with a certified copy of the articles of
				  incorporation and a list of the names and addresses of all persons directly in
				  charge of the activity.
(b) The
				  location and legal description of the property where the activity is proposed,
				  including all lands to be used directly, indirectly or incidental to the
				  proposed activity or any part thereof; attaching to the application certified
				  copies of documents disclosing the nature of the interest of the applicant
				  relating to such property.
(c) The
				  date or dates and the hours during which the activity, including travel time,
				  is to be conducted and the total time period.
(d) The program and plans of the activity in
				  its entirety, specifying:
(1) detailed plans
				  for parking facilities off public roadways able to serve all reasonable
				  anticipated requirements at a rate of up to 100 passenger cars per acre or 30
				  buses per acre;
(2) detailed plans
				  for transportation arrangements from noncontiguous parking facilities to the
				  site to fully serve all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of no
				  less than 20,000 persons per hour; including a statement from the county
				  sheriff, State police, New York State Department of Transportation or other law
				  enforcement agency certifying that the traffic control plan is
				  satisfactory;
(3) an outline map of
				  the area to be used, to an appropriate scale, showing the location of all
				  privies or toilets and handwashing facilities, all water supply sources (lakes,
				  ponds, streams, wells, storage tanks, etc.), all areas of assemblage, including
				  separate overnight camping areas for sleeping, all food service areas and all
				  refuse storage handling and disposal areas, and emergency access and egress
				  roads;
(4) the total number of
				  persons permitted at the event, including performers, staff members and
				  audience, which shall be determined by providing a net assembly area of at
				  least 50 square feet per person in addition to providing at least 50 square
				  feet per person in a separate camping area for 50 percent of the
				  population;
(5) a plan for limiting
				  attendance, including methods of entering the area, number and location of
				  ticket booths and entrances, and provisions for keeping nonticket holders out
				  of the area;
(6) a statement
				  agreeing to complete all construction and installation of services and
				  facilities including water supply, toilet and handwashing facilities, sewage
				  disposal, roads, food service equipment and refuse handling facilities, and all
				  work for noxious weed and insect control, at least 48 hours prior to the
				  commencement of the event;
(7) a
				  detailed plan for food service, including a description of food sources, menu,
				  mandatory use of single-service dishes and utensils, refrigeration, food
				  handling and dispensing in compliance with Part 14 of this Title;
(8) a detailed plan for use of signs to
				  locate all facilities and roadways;
(9) a statement from local fire authorities
				  having jurisdiction over the area verifying that they are aware of the event
				  and are willing to cooperate if needed;
(10) a detailed plan for emergency
				  situations, including:
(i) food
				  supplies;
(ii) medical supplies,
				  facilities and personnel;
(iii) an
				  evacuation plan; and
(iv) emergency
				  access roads;
(11) a
				  statement from the local civil defense director indicating that he/she has been
				  advised of the event and has approved the plan from a civil defense
				  standpoint;
(12) a command post to
				  be used by State Department of Health personnel and/or the permit-issuing
				  official and his lawful representatives, consisting of a minimum of one
				  building or trailer equipped with a communication system satisfactory to the
				  permit-issuing official;
(13) a
				  statement that, if adult mosquito and biting fly populations are found to be in
				  excess of 15 specimens per trap/night, the applicant agrees to arrange for
				  proper adult mosquito control measures to be instituted no earlier than 72
				  hours nor later than 48 hours before the advertised start of the gathering in
				  order to reduce such populations to a satisfactory level;
(14) a detailed plan for elimination of
				  noxious weeds 48 hours before commencement of the mass gathering;
(15) detailed plans for security enforcement,
				  including prevention of the unlawful use of alcohol, narcotics or dangerous
				  drugs at the site, methods for limiting the size of the proposed function to
				  the number of participants for which the facilities are designed, and external
				  as well as internal crowd control, including sufficient guards for crowd
				  control and security enforcement; and
(16) a letter or other written document from
				  the appropriate municipal official certifying that the proposed mass gathering
				  site conforms with applicable municipal zoning and planning
				  regulations.