(a) No person, group of persons or organizations shall conduct or participate in any parade, procession or assemblage upon any street or highway, or block off any street, alley or highway area, without first obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police.
(b) Applications for such permits shall be made on such forms as may be prescribed and shall contain such information as is reasonably necessary to a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued. Applications shall be filed no less than thirty days before the time intended for such parade, procession or assemblage.
(c) The permit may be refused or canceled if:
(1) The time, place, size or conduct of the parade including the assembly areas and routes of march would unreasonably interfere with the public convenience and safe use of the streets and highways.
(2) The parade, procession or assemblage would require the diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police the line of movement, assembly area and areas contiguous thereto so as to deny normal police protection to the Municipality.
(3) The parade would unreasonably interfere with the movement of police vehicles, firefighting equipment or ambulance service to other areas of the Municipality.
(4) The parade would unreasonably interfere with another parade, procession or assemblage for which a permit has been issued.
(5) The information contained in the application is found to be false, misleading or incomplete in any material detail.
(6) An emergency such as a fire or storm would prevent the proper conduct of the parade, procession or assemblage.
(7) The organizers and/or participants of the parade, procession or assemblage are engaging in disorderly conduct as defined in Section 509.03
or other unlawful activities.
(d) The permit or any order accompanying it may limit or prescribe reasonable conditions, including the hours, the places of assembly and of dispersal, the route of march or travel, and the streets, highways or portions thereof which may be used or occupied. In addition, the Chief of Police may require that the permittee supply at their expense sufficient police or bonded, insured, security personnel for crowd and vehicle traffic control. Council has the right to assess a fee if deemed necessary. (Ord. 99-13. Passed 5-17-99.)
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.