Item - 2021.MM34.45

City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021, adopted the following:

1.  City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to waive any fees required under Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, or Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, where the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, issues a Commercial Fitness Class in Parks permit and determines that the following criteria are met:

a. the applicant is a person or group organizing instructor led exercise, yoga or martial arts classes on City owned and/or managed parkland;

b. the facility being permitted is an outdoor area in a City park approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

c. the fitness classes will take place between June 8, 2021 and October 3, 2021, inclusive, and is permitted under Provincial and Municipal statutes, by-laws, regulations, orders and guidance on the date it is to be held; and

d. the applicant and fitness class participants will comply with:

i. all other requirements of Chapter 608, including the physical distancing requirements under section 608-3A(1.1);

ii. any conditions of the permit, including standard conditions and any additional conditions which the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation adds to ensure the health and safety of persons participating in the fitness activity and otherwise using the park; and

iii. all provincial and municipal statutes, by-laws, regulations, orders and guidance relating to the fitness activities.