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

Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 7-4.7

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 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.

(e) The location and construction of toilet and handwashing facilities designed to serve fully all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of no more than 100 persons per toilet seat and 750 persons per handwashing facility, 50 percent of the male toilets to be urinals, and plans for construction and reports, including copies of all rental and service contracts, showing that the construction and operation constitute no threat of pollution to surface or underground water locations, to be attached.

(f) The location and construction of water supply facilities, designed to serve fully all reasonably anticipated requirements at a rate of one pint of potable water per person, per hour, for the maximum estimated hourly attendance. One tap and one drinking fountain shall be provided per 1,000 persons and shall be separately located with adequate soakage pits or drainage. Detailed plans for approval by the permit-issuing official, showing that the water supply meets Part 5 of this Title and laboratory results of both bacteriological and chemical analyses of all new water supply sources, shall be attached.

(g) Detailed plans for internal storage and collection of refuse, including provisions for disposal and cleaning the property and immediate surrounding properties within 48 hours after the event.

(h) Detailed plans for emergency first aid to serve fully all reasonably anticipated requirements. Such plans shall state the arrangements made with hospitals and ambulances in the area, including names and locations, the number of doctors and nurses at the site and on call, and arrangements made with all other medical personnel and facilities, either at the site or on call.

(i) Detailed plans for amplifying equipment designed to control the noise level at the perimeter of the site to no more than 70 decibels on the A scale of a sound level meter which meets the specifications of the American National Standards Institute.

(j) Detailed plans for lighting designed to illuminate the public areas of the site at all times and demonstrating that the lighting will not reflect on any area beyond the boundary of said site.

(k) A plan showing that the proposed activity is adequately buffered from all residential areas within 500 feet.

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