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<section heading="COMCOR 44.00.01 Community Use of School and Other Public Facilities">
  <regulation heading="COMCOR 44.00.01 Community Use of School and Other Public Facilities">
    <subsection heading="44.00.01.01 Purpose">
      <paragraph indent="1">The purpose of this regulation is to make available to the community the use of schools and other public facilities designated by the Chief Administrative Officer.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="44.00.01.02 Definitions">
      <paragraph indent="2">(A)   Activity means the use a User engages in within a Facility.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(B)   Agreement means a completed and fully executed Facility Use License Agreement.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(C)   Applicant means any person who files a completed Facility Use Application with the Office of Community Use of Public Facilities.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(D)   Application means a Facility Use Application, and any other forms designated by CUPF, that an Applicant must complete in order to apply for community use of a Facility.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(E)   County Code means the Montgomery County Code (1994), as amended.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(F)   CUPF or Office means the Montgomery County Office of Community Use of Public Facilities established under County Code § 2-64M.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(G)   Director means the Director of the Office of Community Use of Public Facilities.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(H)   Facility means the school, County building, or outdoor area used by a User under an Agreement.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(I)   ICB or Board means the Interagency Coordinating Board for Community Use of Public Facilities established under County Code § 44-3.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(J)   Person means an individual or a legal entity.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(K)   User means an Applicant who has received permission from the Montgomery County Office of Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) to use a Facility for community use, as evidenced by an Agreement.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="44.00.01.03 Application">
      <paragraph indent="1">Any person wishing to use a Facility for an Activity must submit a completed Application to CUPF.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="44.00.01.04 Agreement">
      <paragraph indent="2">(A)   Every Agreement between the County and a User must require the User to:</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(1)   certify the accuracy of information provided to CUPF;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(2)   acknowledge that State law requires all Activities to be open to the public;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(3)   comply with all applicable laws and CUPF guidelines;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(4)   pay any applicable fee as established in the fee schedule;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(5)   restore the Facility to its prior condition at the conclusion of the Activity;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(6)   promptly notify the County (and the Board of Education in the case of a school Facility) of any accidents upon, or damage to, the Facility;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(7)   accept responsibility for accidents or damage and indemnity the County and the Board of Education; and</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(8)   maintain certain minimum insurance requirements sufficient to meet its obligations.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">(B)      The Agreement may contain other provisions necessary or convenient to fulfill ICB’s or CUPF’s purposes as set out in State law, the County Code, and this regulation.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="44.00.01.05 Priority of Use Schedule">
      <paragraph indent="2">CUPF may establish a priority of use schedule consistent with state law.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
  </regulation>
</section>