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Acceptance of Approval of Dance Permit Agreement
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Whereas, the Rochester Hills City Council approves the Dance Entertainment Permit and accepts a Dance Entertainment Permit Agreement between the City of Rochester Hills and the American Albanian Club, to include the following sixteen (16) conditions as listed on a letter from The Joseph Dedvukaj Firm, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, dated received by City Council September 12, 2003:
1. The Multi-purpose Banquet Facility will be utilized during the following daily hours of operation:
Monday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Thursday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday 12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
2. Saint Paul's will try to have another annual festival next year on the premises with the understanding that we double the number of portajohns and control the parking situation, which unfortunately affected the neighboring properties this year. In the event that the festival becomes unworkable in 2004, Saint Paul's will move the festival to a State Park in the future years.
3. Saint Paul's will contact the neighboring residents to extend apologies for any inconvenience or difficulties they have experienced during the past several months, and to work out some logistical problems that we regret occurred during this year's Saint Paul festival.
4. To give our neighbors to the east of the property further privacy and traffic reduction we will give the homeowners the option of having a fence erected, at Saint Paul's expense, along the eastern property line to prevent individuals from using neighboring properties to come onto or off Saint Paul's premises.
5. It has been established that the Parish has adequate parking to accommodate the facility. However, during the high traffic days of the year, such as Easter, Christmas, Palm Sunday, Children's First Communion/Confirmation Mass, the Parish has agreed to provide, at its sole expense, parking guards to prevent the use of neighboring residential streets as parking areas. These guards will be posted during these peak season days to prevent access to these residential streets by Parish users.
6. Additionally, during the high traffic days of the year which we have identified such as Easter, Christmas, Palm Sunday, Children's First Communion/ Confirmation Mass, and the festival, the Parish has evaluated the parking lot with the assistance of City Staff in an effort to find a parking configuration that will best utilize the space available on the premises to accommodate the unusual traffic flow at these inevitable events, and to that end, the Parish will implement the parking sequence which was devised August 21, 2003.
7. Saint Paul's Parish has eliminated the pizza parties that have been held in the Parish Banquet Facility.
8. Saint Paul's will expeditiously complete the liquor licensing and dance permit process so as to bring the consumption of alcoholic beverages within the control and supervision of the Banquet Facility manager, Jank Shkreli. As you know, Saint Paul's has already completed the necessary structural and mechanical improvements to the Banquet Facility to comply with the use code change.
9. Saint Paul's has agreed to provide volunteer guards during the use of the Banquet Facility to supervise the users, and the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
10. After every event the property will be inspected for any trash or garbage that may be generated by the use of the Facility so as to minimize trash blowing onto neighboring properties.
11. Saint Paul's has also agreed to send letters to neighboring property owners, in advance of peak season events, to remind them of these events we have identified as being seasonal peak usage of the property and to provide them with contact information should users of Saint Paul's property violate the rules Saint Paul's has established to respect the neighboring properties.
12. Saint Paul's will give the property owner directly in front of the Parish driveway the option of having trees planted in front of his house at the expense of the Parish so as to minimize the affect traffic may have on his property.
13. While Saint Paul's Parish firmly believes the violators complained of were not members of the Parish, Saint Paul's has nevertheless circulated a letter to the Parish membership to inform them of the improper violations in an effort to curtail future occurrences.
14. Saint Paul's Parish will work with the Oakland County Sheriff's Department to improve the logistics at the various peak season events, including hiring additional deputies.
15. Saint Paul's has further agreed to meet with the City of Rochester Hills during the next year on a quarterly basis to evaluate the success of the steps being taken herein.
16. Saint Paul's Albanian Catholic Church acknowledges that its failure or neglect to fulfill and comply with the aforesaid conditions and representations may cause the City to initiate proceedings to revoke Saint Paul's dance entertainment permit, and/or Conditional Land Use Permit.
Now Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute and deliver the agreement on behalf of the City.