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A. The director may waive or reduce an entry, use or program fee for an organization, association, group of individuals, or an individual, and authorize the supervisor of a facility to do so, irrespective of any special promotion or event, whenever:

1. Such a waiver vindicates a constitutional right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution through its Fourteenth Amendment or Article I, Section 3 of the Washington Constitution;

2. The user provides services or assistance to the department in lieu of the fee that would otherwise apply, or provides in-kind services or leaves improvements to the facility that offset the reduced fee revenue;

3. The user is poor or infirm or is a charitable organization assisting the poor or infirm, and charging the fee would have the effect of depriving the user or its clients of reasonable access to the facility or of opportunity to participate in a public event, and would cause hardship or directly reduce the assistance such organization provides to the poor or infirm;

4. The user is an organization serving the public or the community, lacks its own facility as a result of a calamity or other temporary distress, and the temporary use of the city’s facility would allow the organization to continue providing service to the public or community. Such temporary use shall not exceed 90 days without further authorization from the city council;

5. Another government requests use of the facility for a public purpose; or the use is granted under a reciprocal use of facilities agreement with another municipal government; or

6. Free admission to the facility furthers a departmental purpose, e.g., the person is a volunteer for a department-sponsored or co-sponsored event, participates in an athletic event for public spectators, or enters in connection with a work assignment or to assist a concessionaire or as a parent or guardian to assist the department in the instruction or care of a minor or ward;

B. In determining whether a fee should be waived or reduced, the director shall be guided by the benefit to the public and the department when granting the request, the frequency and amount of usage requested, the effect on and fairness to other users, its consistency with policies underlying the fee schedule and this chapter, and the consequences of denying the request. (Ord. 6547 § 1, 2014; Ord. 4406 § 3, 1990.)