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Wekiva Island Springs & Strings Summer Kick Off Special Event Permit - Consider a Special Event Permit for Wekiva Island Springs & Strings Summer Kick Off on May 29, 2025, located at 1014 Miami Springs Dr. Longwood; (Mary Sue Weinaug, Applicant) District3 - Constantine (Kathy Hammel, Principal Planner)
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Development Services
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Authorized By:
Jose Gomez Development Services Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Mary Robinson/407-665-7339
Background:
The Applicant is requesting approval of a Special Event Permit for the Wekiva Island Springs & Strings Summer Kick Off. The Wekiva Island Summer Kick Off Entertainment will be the Springs and Strings concert, which is a two-man band performing in front of the Tooting Otter General Store.
The Special Event Permit is required to be approved by the Board because the anticipated event attendance will exceed 200 guests. Further, the Applicant is requesting amplified sound and extended closing hours from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
This is the second Special Event of the calendar year. Per Development Order #17-20500038 Section (3) t.; four (4) Special Events are allowed per year, not to exceed a total of sixty (60) days. The Paint Out and Spring Fling Special Event was twelve (12) days, and the Summer Kick-Off Special Event is one (1) day. There are forty-seven (47) remaining days for Special Events.
The Event is within the Urban Bear Management area. Special Events occurring outside must keep the area free from accumulated waste. The refuse must be collected and secured within a structure, a bear resistant container, or removed to a disposal site.
Pursuant to Section 30.6.4.2 of the Seminole County Land Development Code (“SCLDC”), in approving a Special Event, the Board shall make a determination that the proposed event is reasonably compatible with the nearby existing development and does not pose an unreasonable safety or health risk for patrons or neighbors.
Staff finds that the application submitted for this request meets the requirements of SCLDC Section 30.6.4.2.a.(4), and due to the limited and temporary nature of the event, the security being provided, and the conditions imposed by the Special Event permit, the proposed event is reasonably compatible with surrounding uses and does not pose an unreasonable safety or health risk to patrons.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board of County Commissioners approve the Wekiva Island Springs & Strings Summer Kick Off Special Event Permit for May 29, 2025, subject to staff’s recommendations included in the attached Special Event Permit.
Note: The Special Event Permit Conditions of Approval (i.e., full details of the above conditions) are contained in the Special Event Permit in this Agenda Memorandum to be issued by Seminole County, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners.