The Town Hall building at 27 Riverside Road primarily houses the government offices for Riverside Township and the Village of Riverside. The building also has facilities of various sizes available for regular meetings and free events on weekdays and weeknights only for Standard Use by the following types of Riverside Township-based groups, subject to availability and compliance with regulations:

Community, Non-Profit, Educational, and Cultural Organizations.

• Such use is usually free, but sometimes, a fee may be charged at the discretion of the Township Supervisor.
• A Room Request form must be submitted for each use, at least 48 hours in advance for standard events listed above, other uses require at least 30 days lead time. Forms are available in the office or on the Township website.
• Meetings must end and all attendees must vacate the Town Hall by 10:00 pm for standard events.
• Priority will be given to Riverside Township-based programs and uses will be granted on an as-available basis. The Township reserves the right to alter dates, times and/or room assignments as needed due to conflicts with official Township business or unforeseen circumstances.
• The Township Supervisor has the authority to deny or cancel use in his/her discretion when deemed necessary.

1. Smoking is never permitted anywhere in the building, nor outside within 25 feet of any building entrance. No congregating around the ashtrays or in front of the building at any time.
2. Firearms, concealed or otherwise, are strictly prohibited in the Town Hall.
3. Alcoholic beverages must have prior approval – please see the “Special Use” section of the rules.
4. Food and or beverages require prior approval – please see the “Special Use” section of the rules.
5. Garbage containing food must be placed in the dumpster outside the rear entrance of the Town Hall prior to departure.
6. NO lighting effects with sparks, or open flames such as candles, may be used anywhere in the building. For food service, sterno-type warming canisters may be used so long as the food being warmed is attended throughout food service and server takes note of locations of fire extinguishers to use them in an emergency. Use of such warming devices requires prior approval upon application for building use.
7. Prior arrangements are required for the use of the Kitchen or Township A/V equipment (projector cart, projector screen, microphone).
8. DO NOT use nails, pins, or tape on the walls, doors, stage curtains, sconces, chandeliers or any other fixture in the building. Nothing may be affixed that could damage Township property.
9. Room lights must be turned off upon completion of room use.
10. In Room 22, the window air conditioner must be turned off at the end of room use.
11. The room will be arranged as requested, but if any tables or chairs are moved after set-up, PLEASE lift them and do not drag them across the floor.
12. Custodial services are not provided for evening Standard Use. For Special Use events, a custodian may be required to be on duty, based on the requested use and number of participants. In those cases, there will be an additional fee charged to covers the custodian’s time worked.
13. On occasions when no custodian is present, groups leaving after 9:00 pm must lock the building front doors when leaving. Township staff will instruct the user on the locking of the front doors.
14. In the event of a power failure or fire alarm, the building is to be evacuated immediately.
15. Rooms must be returned to the condition in which they were found.

Violations of policy may result in future use being denied and will cause deposit forfeiture.

It should be noted that the building contains government offices and all other use must not disrupt those purposes.