Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.08 OUTDOOR PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES
5.08.050 License--Fee--Bonds.
A. The permit fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars per day for each event. Said fee for permit shall be retained by the county whether a permit is granted, denied or withdrawn, to cover the costs of the investigation necessary by said public body in determining whether or not the permit shall be granted. In addition, no permit shall be issued under this chapter until the applicant has on deposit with the county treasurer a penal bond and bond of indemnity to save and protect streets, pavements, bridges, road signs and other property of the county from any and all damage that might be caused by vehicles, employees or participants in such assembly, and to be used, if necessary, to restore the ground where such amusement, entertainment or assembly is held to a sanitary condition and pay all charges and losses to the county for damages to the streets, pavements, bridges and other property. Should the licensed event necessitate the deployment of additional county personnel, such added expense shall be recoverable from the principal and/or its surety. The deposit or its balance shall be returned when the board of county commissioners certifies to the treasurer that no damage has been done and that the county did not incur additional expenses due to said licensed event or that the cost of the above have been paid by the licensee.
B. The penal bond and bond of indemnity shall be as follows:
1. For gatherings over five hundred but less than one thousand persons, a one thousand-dollar cash bond;
2. For gatherings over one thousand and up to ten thousand persons, a five thousand-dollar cash bond;
3. For gatherings from ten thousand to twenty thousand persons, a seven thousand five hundred-dollar cash bond;
4. For gatherings from twenty thousand persons to thirty thousand persons, a ten thousand-dollar cash bond;
5. For each additional ten thousand persons expected, the bond will be increased in increments of two thousand five hundred dollars.
C. In addition, the permit applicants shall be required to furnish evidence of liability insurance providing for a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars bodily injury coverage per person, three hundred thousand dollars bodily injury coverage per occur rence, and one hundred thousand dollars property damage coverage, naming Skamania County as an additional insured.
D. In addition, the property owner or owners where said event occurs shall sign on the permit as an additional indemnitor to insure against damage to streets, pavements, bridges, road signs and other properties of the state or county and to insure that the property will be restored to a sanitary condition, such indemnity becoming a lien against the property if said cash bond and indemnification agreement is not sufficient to meet the costs incurred. In addition, any extraordinary law-enforcement costs incurred by the county which are the result of said activity shall be a proper charge to be made against the bond or indemnity agreement. (Ord. 702 § 5)