Alcohol on premises
No alcohol may be served, consumed or possessed on the rental premises unless notice is
given to BHF prior to rental of facility. In the event alcohol is present on the rented facility,
renter shall be responsible for hiring security in the form of an active police officer. BHF must
be provided the name and phone number of each active officer hired for security purposes
prior to the event.

1 active officer = 0 to 75 people
2 active officers = 76–150 people
3 active officers = 151 to 225

All active officers serving for security purposes shall be approved in advance by BHF and
Brazoria PD. Renter shall pay all fees to such officers.

If alcohol is found on the premises without prior notice to BHF, the Police Officer on duty shall
have the authority to terminate the function and demand immediate removal of the renter and
all other persons from the premises.

General Provisions
• The renter agrees to comply with all laws, federal, state and local, including all ordinances
of the city of Brazoria, and all rules, regulations and requirements of the Police and Fire
Departments.The renter agrees to assume all responsibility for any damages or injuries to
the premises or those persons present as a result of the activity in question.

• No oral agreements for the use of the facilities shall be valid. All reservations must be
confirmed with a written contract signed by the BHF and the renter.

• Persons signing the contract (the “renter”) must be present at the time of the scheduled
activity and they and any group or club, which they represent, will be liable for any and all
damages that should occur in excess of the deposit.

• The renter may not sublease or assign its reservation to another group or organization,
nor may it surrender, assign or sublease the facilities to another group or organization
once the activity begins.

• The renter shall be responsible for seeing that the facilities are cleaned and returned in
good condition no later than 8:00 a.m. following the event in question, with all garbage
and trash to be placed in plastic trash bags and placed in the dumpster located on the
facility properties.

• No decorations or materials shall be nailed, tacked or otherwise fastened to walls or
ceiling of any part of the facilities without special permission from the BHF. All such items
must be removed upon closing the function.

• BHF reserves the right to refuse any group, individual or organization the privilege of
using the facilities for six (6) months as a result of violating the facility’s policies set forth
or otherwise abusing the facility. In the event of severe abuse the group, individual or
organization may be barred permanently by the BHF. Group, individual or organization
charged with a second occurrence of abuse will be barred permanently.

• No person may rent any of the facilities for a function at which alcohol will be served
unless that person is twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Any other renter must be at
least eighteen (18) years of age.

• The rental fees and security deposits set forth above are for any rental period not to
exceed twenty-four (24) continuous hours provided, however, that all functions held on the
facilities must be terminated no later than 1:00 a.m.