§130A-257. Rules of the Commission

For the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of those attending mass gatherings and of other persons who may be affected by mass gatherings, the Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this Part and to establish requirements for the provision of facilities and services at mass gatherings. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of requirements as follows:

(1)        General requirements relating to minimum size of activity area  including camping and parking space, distance of activity area from dwellings, distance from public water supplies and watersheds and an adequate command post for use by personnel of health, law-enforcement and other governmental agencies;

(2)        Adequate ingress and egress roads, parking facilities and entrances and exits to public highways;

(3)        Plans for limiting attendance and crowd control, dust control and rapid emergency evacuation;

(4)        Medical care, including facilities, services and personnel;

(5)        Sanitary water supply, source and distribution; toilet facilities; sewage disposal; solid waste collection and disposal; food dispensing; insect and rodent control; and post-gathering cleanup; and

(6)        Noise level at perimeter; lighting and signs.

(1971, c. 712, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)