Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2016
Part 12PERMITS
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PART 12—PERMITS Division 1—Applying for a permit 12.1 Application for a permit (1) A person who is required to obtain a permit under this local law must apply for the permit in accordance with clause 12.1(2). (2) An application for a permit under this local law must— (i) be in the form determined by the local government; (ii) state the full name and address of the applicant; (iii) be signed by the applicant; (iv) in the case of an application for a permit for an alfresco dining area, be signed by the proprietor of the abutting food business adjacent to the portion of the local government property or public place to which the application relates; (v) contain the information required by the form; (vi) contain any other information required for that particular type of permit under this local law; and (vii) be forwarded to the local government together with any fee imposed and determined by the local government under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act. (3) An application for a permit for the purposes of conducting trading or a street market on or in local government property or a public place must contain the following additional information (as applicable)— (a) the proposed number of assistants, if any, to be engaged by the applicant in trading or the street market, as well as their full names and addresses; (b) details of any location in which the applicant proposes to trade or conduct a street market; (c) the period of time for which the permit is sought, together with the proposed days and hours of operation of the street market; (d) the proposed goods and services which will be traded or sold by the trader or at a street market; and (e) details of any proposed structure, stall or vehicle which may be used in conducting the trading or street market and a plan showing where any such structure, stall or vehicle will be located. (4) An application for a permit for the purposes of an alfresco dining area must contain the following additional information— (a) two copies of a plan and specifications of the proposed alfresco dining area on a scale of 1:50 showing— (i) the location and dimensions of the proposed alfresco dining area and the means by which the alfresco dining area is to be separated from the balance of the local government property or public place; and (ii) the position of all tables, chairs and other structures proposed to be provided in the alfresco dining area and which of such items, if any, are to be retained within the alfresco dining area at all times; (b) a colour photograph(s) or brochure(s) of the tables, chairs and other structures to be set up in the alfresco dining area; (c) a description of the manner in which foodstuffs and other dining accessories are to be conveyed to, and protected from contamination within, the alfresco dining area; and (d) details regarding the public liability insurance taken out or to be taken out by the applicant in respect of the alfresco dining area. (5) The local government may refuse to consider an application for a permit which does not satisfy the requirements within clause 12.1(2). (6) The local government may require an applicant to give local public notice of the application for the permit. 12.2 Decision on application for permit (1) The local government may— (a) approve an application for a permit;