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Wekiva Island Winter Wonderland Special Event Permit - Consider a Special Event Permit for Wekiva Island Winter Wonderland on December 1, 2024, through December 28, 2024, located at 1000 - 1014 Miami Springs Drive; (Mary Sue Weinaug, Authorized Agent) District3 - Constantine (Mary Robinson, Project Manager)
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Division:
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Development Services - Planning and Development
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Authorized By:
Rebecca Hammock, 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 Winter Wonderland. The Wekiva Island Winter Wonderland will include a variety of events scheduled each day during the Special Event as shown on Attachment 2.
Attachment 1 is the request to vary from the Amended and Restated Development Order, approved October 23, 2018. The deviations are to permit extended hours of operation, increase the number of attendees, and allow amplified sound for outdoor family friendly movies and VIP party.
The Applicant has requested a maximum of four hundred (450) attendees each day and extended operating hours from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. during the weekdays for the Special Event. The Applicant is requesting the following hours of operation:
Sunday - Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
(as permitted by development order)
Amplified sound is proposed for December 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 28th, 2024, for family-friendly movies and a VIP party.
Security and traffic control will be provided by off-duty Seminole County Sheriff’s deputies. The applicant has met all the requirements of Ordinance 2024-21 regarding site plan, certificate of insurance and security plan, which was reviewed and approved by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
An updated Certificate of Insurance must be submitted prior to the Special Event as the current Certificate expired September 29th, 2024, and must be renewed prior to the Event.
This is the fourth Special Event of the calendar year for Wekiva Island. 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 totaled twenty-two (22) days, the Summer Kick-Off Special Event was one (1) day, the Fall Fest is six (6) days, and the Winter Wonderland request is twenty-eight (28) days. After this approval, there are three (3) remaining days for Special Events at this location.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Wekiva Island Winter Wonderland Special Event Permit for December 1, 2024, through December 28, 2024, 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 and will apply, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners.