(a) An application for a license to hold an actual or anticipated assembly of five thousand (5,000) or more persons shall be made in writing to the department at least sixty (60) days in advance of the assembly.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-112-105

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Assembly: means a gathering of five thousand (5,000) or more people that is conducted or can reasonably be expected to be conducted for eighteen (18) or more hours continuously, whether on public or private property. See Tennessee Code 68-112-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-112-102
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes any individual, natural human being, partnership, corporation, firm, company, association, society, or group. See Tennessee Code 68-112-102
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The application shall contain a statement made upon oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true and correct to the best knowledge of the applicant and shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed by the individual making application in the case of an individual, natural human being, by all officers in the case of a corporation, by all partners in the case of a partnership or by all officers of an unincorporated association, society or group or, if there be no officers, by all members of such association, society or group.
(c) The application shall contain and disclose:

(1) The name, age, residence and mailing address of all persons required to sign the application by subsection (b) and, in the case of a corporation, a certified copy of the articles of incorporation together with the name, age, residence and mailing address of each person holding ten percent (10%) or more of the stock of the corporation;
(2) The address and legal description of all property upon which the assembly is to be held together with the name, residence and mailing address of the record owner or owners of all the property;
(3) Proof of ownership of all property upon which the assembly is to be held or a statement made upon oath or affirmation by the record owner or owners of all such property that the applicant has permission to use the property for an assembly of five thousand (5,000) or more persons;
(4) The nature or purpose of the assembly;
(5) The total number of hours the assembly is to last;
(6) The maximum number of persons that the applicant shall permit to assemble at any time, not to exceed the maximum number that can reasonably assemble at the location of the assembly, in consideration of the nature of the assembly, or the maximum number of persons allowed to sleep within the boundaries of the location of the assembly by the zoning ordinances of the municipality, if the assembly is to continue overnight;
(7) The maximum number of tickets to be sold, if any;
(8) The plans of the applicant to limit the maximum number of people permitted to assemble;
(9) The plans for fencing the location of the assembly and the gates contained in the fence;
(10) The plans for supplying potable water, including the source, amount available and location of outlets;
(11) The plans for providing toilet and lavatory facilities, including the source, number and location, type and the means of disposing of waste deposited;
(12) The plans for holding, collection, and disposing of solid waste material;
(13) The plans to provide for medical facilities, including the location and construction of a medical structure, the names and addresses and hours of availability of physicians and nurses, and provisions for emergency ambulance service;
(14) The plans, if any, to illuminate the location of the assembly, including the source and amount of power and the location of lamps;
(15) The plans for parking vehicles, including size and location of lots, points of highway access and interior roads, including routes, between highway access and parking lots;
(16) The plans for telephone service, including the source, number and location of telephones;
(17) The plans for camping facilities, if any, including facilities available and their location;
(18) The plans for security, including the number of guards, their deployment, and their names, addresses, credentials and hours of availability;
(19) The plans for fire protection, including the number, type and location of all protective devices, including alarms and extinguishers, and the number of emergency fire personnel available to operate the equipment;
(20) The plans for sound control and sound amplification, if any, including number, location and power of amplifiers and speakers; and
(21) The plans for food concessions and concessioners who will be allowed to operate on the grounds, including the names and addresses of all concessioners and their license or permit numbers.
(d) The application shall include the bond required in § 68-112-104, and the license fee required in § 68-112-106.
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