CITY OF COLUMBIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO.: 2025-055 Public notice is hereby given that the Columbia City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 1737 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina, to receive public comment on Ordinance No.: 2025-055 - Amending the 1998 Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, Chapter 15, Parks and Recreation, Sec. 15-5 User Fees. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council this ______ day of _________, 2025, that the 1998 Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, Chapter 15, Parks and Recreation, Sec. 15-5 User Fees, Subsection (d) and (g) is amended to read as follows: Sec. 15-5. User fees. (d) Parks. (1) Finlay Park Rentals Item Cost Duration (Hours) Full Park Gated / Ticketed $2,500.00 6 (1-6 Hours) Full Park Gated / Ticketed $3,000.00 7 Full Park Gated / Ticketed $3,500.00 8 Full Park Gated / Ticketed $5,000.00 9+ Full Park Public Event / Free $250.00 1 (Per hour fee) Full Park Public Event / Free (City Holiday) $300.00 1 (Per hour fee) Full Park Non-Profit (proof of non-profit status required.) $750.00 6 Full Park Non-Profit (proof of non-profit status required.) $1,000.00 6+ Security Deposits Required Item Cost Duration (Hours) Gated / Ticketed $1,000.00 Day Public Event / Free $750.00 Day Public Event / Free (City Holiday) $1,000.00 Day Non-Profit (proof of non-profit status required.) $125.00 1 (Deposit is per hour of event) Stage, Lights, Sound, Production (Standard Rate) Item Cost Duration (Hours) Plug and Play Music (via iPod, iPhone, Etc.) - No Stage $100.00 2 (Up to 2 hours) Plug and Play Music (via iPod, iPhone, Etc.) - No Stage $50.00 1+ (Each additional hour) Stage Rental (house lights included, no sound or production) $750.00 6 Stage Rental (house lights included, no sound or production) $150.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Stage Rental (Performance Art) $2,500.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Performance Art) $500.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Performance Art) $2,000.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Performance Art) $500.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Concert) $2,500.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Concert) $500.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Concert) $4,000.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Concert) $500.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage, Lights, Sound, Production (Non-Profit Rate: proof of non-profit status required.) Item Cost Duration (Hours) Plug and Play Music (via iPod, iPhone, Etc.) - No Stage $50.00 2 (Up to 2 hours) Plug and Play Music (via iPod, iPhone, Etc.) - No Stage $25.00 1+ (Each additional hour) Stage Rental (house lights included, no sound or production) $500.00 6 Stage Rental (house lights included, no sound or production) $100.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Stage Rental (Performance Art) $1,000.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Performance Art) $250.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Performance Art) $1,000.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Performance Art) $250.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Concert) $2,000.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Stage Rental (Concert) $250.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Concert) $2,500.00 6 Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Lighting and Sound Package (Concert) $250.00 6+ (Each additional hour) Production Manager(s) required. Stage hands optional. Amenity Rentals The Landing $250.00 2 The Landing and Splash Pad $500.00 2 Overlook Plaza / No Controlled Access $250.00 2 Overlook Plaza / Controlled Access $350.00 2 The Nest (interior space) $250.00 4 The Nest (interior space) $375.00 6 The Nest (interior space) $500.00 8 The Nest (interior space + patio) $350.00 4 The Nest (interior space + patio) $500.00 6 The Nest (interior space + patio) $625.00 8 Wedding Package (Overlook Plaza + Nest (interior) $650.00 6 (Controlled Access) Wedding Package (Overlook Plaza + Nest (interior + patio) (Controlled Access) $800.00 6 The Oval (not available without stage rental) The Upper Lawn $250.00 6 The Gadsden Green (excludes Pickleball) $250.00 6 Cascade 5 $150.00 6 Cascade 6 $150.00 6 Cascade 7 $150.00 6 The Secret Garden $100.00 2 Miscellaneous Rates Item Cost Unit Bike Rack Barricades $20.00 1 Staffing Rates Personnel Cost Duration (Hours) Production Manager $60.00 1 Stage Hand $25.00 1 Court Rentals Cost Duration (Hours) Pickleball (Off-Peak times) $16.00 1 Pickleball (Peak times on weekends and evenings after 5:00 p.m.) $20.00 1 Rental Clean Up Charge A clean up charge maybe assessed in an amount equal to the cost of the clean up Pursuant to Sec. 15-2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia a permit is required for any person, group, association or organization desiring to use any park or recreational facility of the City of Columbia for a group of 25 individuals or more or to conduct an activity or event for which it could be reasonably assumed that 25 or more persons might gather at a park or recreational facility to participate in or witness such activity or event or a festival, (a festival being defined as a program of festive activities, cultural events or entertainment open to the general public), shall first apply and obtain a permit from the director of parks and recreation or his designee. A clean-up charge will be assessed in an amount equal to the cost of the clean-up for any person, group, association or organization using any park or recreational facility of the City of Columbia (2) Coble Plaza: Gated/admission $1,000/6hr. block (admission charged and/or controlled access, required approval by city council or + $250/each add. hr. their designee) (more than 2 additional hrs. requires second block of time) + $350/deposit + support fees + set up/take down Public (no controlled access or admission fees) $120/hr. + support fees City holidays $150/hr. + support fees Deposit $350 Non-profit* $350 (*proof of non-profit status required) + $75/hr. deposit + support fees Setup/takedown (nonevent time) $100/hr. (g) Picnic shelters: Anna Mae Dickson, Earlewood*, Elmwood/Roy Lynch*, Emily Douglas, Greenview, Heathwood, Hollywood/Rose Hill, Lorick, Mays, Melrose, Page Ellington Shelter*, Rosewood, St. Anna’s, and Sims. Time block Fee Parks First Come, First Serve Free Anna Mae Dickson, Emily Douglas, Greenview, Heathwood, Hollywood/ Rose Hill, Lorick, Mays, Melrose, Rosewood, St. Anna’s, and Sims. Daily $40 per block Earlewood Park Shelter, Elmwood/Roy Lynch Shelter, Page Ellington 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. of time Shelter. and $40 per block 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. of time *Designated Picnic Shelters are for reservations only. Use outside of reserved blocks may constitute trespassing. A copy of the proposed ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 1737 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201; (803) 545-3045; cityclerk@columbiasc.gov.