(a) Permit required. No person or persons shall parade or hold a procession, or attempt to parade or hold a procession, in or upon any of the streets, park or public grounds of the city without first obtaining a permit therefor.
(b) Driving through parades prohibited. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade or other authorized procession when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade or procession.
(c) Permit issuance and approval. Any person or persons desiring to parade or hold a procession in or upon any street, park or public ground of the city for any purpose whatsoever shall before parading or holding such procession, obtain from the Mayor a permit therefor, which shall be issued only upon and after the approval by the Chief of Police and the Mayor.
(d) Form of application. Each application for a permit shall be made out in duplicate. Each copy shall be signed by the applicant and shall be in such form as the Mayor shall prescribe. Such application shall be filed with the Mayor at least five days prior to the date upon which the parade is to be held.
(e) Permit fee. For each parade permit issued a fee of $1 shall be paid by the applicant upon making application. However, if the permit is refused, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.
(f) Form of permit. Each permit, when issued, shall have attached a duplicate copy of the application provided for in division (d) above signed by the applicant, and each permit shall be in such form as the Mayor shall prescribe.
(g) Permit refusal or revocation. The Mayor may refuse to issue a parade permit if the applicant or group or organization or persons represented by the applicant, shall have previously violated provisions of a similar permit, or shall have violated any city ordinance or laws of the state or of the United States in connection with a previous parade or procession held within the city. The Mayor may also refuse to issue a parade permit if:
(1) The time, place, size or conduct of the parade including the assembly areas and route of march would unreasonably interfere with the public convenience and safe use of the streets and highways.
(2) The parade 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 route of march or assembly areas 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 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.
(h) Contracting for special police. The Mayor may condition the permit to require contracting for special police duty pursuant to § 129.03 of the Administrative Code. A parade permit may be revoked at any time by the Mayor for the reasons herein set forth, provided that notice of such revocation shall immediately be given to the applicant, and that within ten days an appeal may be taken for a hearing before the City Council.