WAC 246-374-010   Definitions.  (1) "Outdoor music festival" or "music festival" or "festival" means an assembly of persons gathered primarily for outdoor, live, or recorded music entertainment, where the predicted attendance is 2,000 or more and where the duration of the program is five hours or longer: Provided, That this definition shall not be applied to any regularly established permanent place of worship, athletic stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently established places of assemblies which do not exceed by more than 250 people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held: Provided further, That this definition shall not apply to government sponsored fairs held on regularly established fairgrounds nor to assemblies required to be licensed under other laws or regulations of the state.

     (2) "Local health officer" means the legally qualified physician who has been appointed as the health officer of the city, town, county or district public health department as defined in RCW 70.05.010(2), or his authorized representative.

     (3) "Applicant" means the promoter who has the right of control of the conduct of an outdoor music festival who applies to the appropriate legislative authority for a license to hold an outdoor music festival.

     (4) "Issuing authority" means the legislative body of the local governmental unit where the site for an outdoor music festival is located.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-374-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 59, § 248-73-020, filed 8/16/71.]