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No person shall engage, participate in, aid, form, or start any parade or special event unless a permit shall have been obtained from the City Manager and provided, further, that no person may conduct or otherwise participate in any parade or special event between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
An individual seeking the issuance of a parade or special event permit shall be submitted on a form provided by the City Clerk. The City Manager shall not approve any application for a permit when the City Manager finds that there is a conflict in both schedule and location (venue) with some other event for which a permit has been previously granted.
(1989 Code, § 9-232) (Ord. passed 12-8-87; Am. Ord. passed 2-15-11)
The application shall be signed by the applicant and notarized and shall include but not be limited to the following:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, organization or entity seeking to conduct such parade or special event.
(B) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual who will be the chairman and in charge of the parade or special event and who will accompany it and carry the permit at all times.
(C) The date when the parade or special event is to be conducted and the hours that such parade or special event will start and terminate.
(D) If the proposed event is a parade, then the proposed route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination point. If the proposed event is a special event, the proposed location and time of such special event.
(E) The approximate number of persons, animals, amusements and vehicles participating in the parade or special event and the type of animals and a description of the amusements and vehicles;
(F) A statement as to whether the parade or special event is proposed to occupy all or any portion of the width of any street within the city.
(G) The location by streets or other public right-of-way of any assembly areas for the parade or special event and the time when units of the parade or special event will begin to assemble at any such assembly area or areas;
(H) If the parade or special event is to be sponsored by or on behalf of any person other than the applicant, the applicant for such permit shall file with the application a written authorization from the person proposing to hold the parade or special event authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his or her behalf.
An application for a parade or special event permit shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than ten (10) working days and not more than thirty (30) working days before the date on which the parade or special event is to be conducted; provided, however, where good cause is shown therefore, the City Manager shall have the authority to consider any application which is filed less than ten days before the date of the parade or special event.
(1989 Code, § 9-234) (Ord. passed 12-8-87; Am. Ord. passed 2-15-11)
(A) Upon application for a special event permit filed with the City Clerk, the Police Chief or his designee shall conduct an assessment of required extra police security cost. The assessment shall take into consideration the following:
(1) The proposed location of the special event;
(2) The time of day that the special event is to take place;
(3) The estimated number of participants and viewers.
(4) If the special event is a race, run or walk, the number of marked and unmarked intersections along the route, and the number and type of traffic control devices along such route.
Such cost shall be based solely on the fees for the required extra duty police officers that the Police Chief or his designee shall determine will be needed to provide adequate police protection and traffic safety for the event. This assessment shall be based upon extra duty police officer fees as set forth in the Tax and Service Rates adopted annually by the City Council.
(B) This fee assessment shall be determined and the applicant shall be notified in not more than six (6) working days from the date of application filed with the City Clerk.
(C) The police security fee shall be paid by the applicant to the City Clerk prior to and shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of the special event permit.
(D) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City may provide the services required by this subsection at no cost, or at a reduced cost, to the applicant should the City desire to provide such support to the special event. Such decision will be made by the City Manager. Such action is not a waiver of a regulatory requirement based upon political, social or religious grounds or reasons, or based upon the content of the views expressed, but instead is an affirmative act of city association or speech.
(Ord. passed 2-15-11)
(A) A nonrefundable fee for parades and special events shall be paid by the person applying for a permit at the time of application to cover expenses incidental to processing the application. Such fees shall be set forth in the Schedule of Tax and Service Rates adopted annually by the City Council.
(1989 Code, § 9-235) (Ord. passed 12-8-87; Am. Ord. passed 2-15-11)
(A) The City Manager shall issue a permit for the proposed parade or special event unless it finds that:
(1) The safe conduct of the parade or special event will substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route; or
(2) The conduct of the parade or special event will require the diversion of so great a number of law enforcement personnel of the city to properly police the line of movement of the parade or special event and of contiguous areas that adequate police protection cannot be provided to the remainder of the city; or
(3) The conduct of the parade or special event will require the diversion of so great a number of emergency and rescue units that adequate emergency and rescue service to portions of the city and contiguous areas not occupied by the parade or special event will be impeded; or
(4) The concentration of persons, animals, and vehicles at assembly points of the parade or special event will substantially interfere with adequate police and fire protection of or emergency and rescue service to areas contiguous to such assembly areas; or
(5) The parade or special event is to be held for the primary purpose of advertising a product, goods, or an event and is designed to be held primarily for private profit or gain; or
(6) The conduct of the parade or special event will interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment to such an extent that adequate fire protection cannot be provided to the city; or
(7) The police security fee as described in § 9-219 has not been paid;
(8) Any requirement for application or under this Article has not been fulfilled.
(B) Upon issuance of a parade or special event permit, a copy will be sent to the Police Chief, Fire Chief and the Street Superintendent. The City Manager shall have the authority to revoke a parade or special event permit issued pursuant to this division upon violation of the standards for issuance as set forth in this section. No such shall be passed affecting streets that are part of the state street system without the approval of the State Department of Transportation.
(1989 Code, § 9-236) (Ord. passed 12-8-87; Am. Ord. passed 2-15-11)
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