(A) (1) No person shall organize or participate in a parade on a public street without obtaining a permit. A permit shall always be required of a procession of people using the public right-of-way and consisting of 100 or more persons or ten or more vehicles.
(2) Permits shall be made at City Hall at least seven days prior to the intended date of the parade, unless the time is waived by the City Manager.
(B) Applications shall include the following information:
(1) The name and address of the person responsible for the proposed parade;
(2) The date of the proposed parade;
(3) The desired route, including assembling points;
(4) The number of persons, vehicles, and animals that will be participating in the parade; and
(5) The proposed starting and ending time.
(C) The application shall be signed by the person designated as Chairperson.
(D) The City Manager shall issue a parade permit conditioned on the applicant’s written agreement to comply with the terms of the permit unless the City Manager finds that:
(1) The time, route, and size of the parade will unreasonably disrupt the movement of other traffic;
(2) The parade is of a size or nature that requires the diversion of so great a number of public safety officers to properly police the line of movement and contiguous areas that allowing the parade would deny reasonable public safety protection to the city;
(3) The parade will interfere with another parade for which a permit has already been issued;
(4) Information contained in the application is found to be false or a material detail is omitted; and/or
(5) The applicant refuses to agree to abide by or comply with all conditions of the permit.
(E) If one or more of the conditions listed in division (D) above, other than division (D)(5) above exists, the City Manager may impose reasonable conditions in the permit, including, but not limited to:
(1) Requiring an alternate date;
(2) Requiring an alternate route; and
(3) Restricting the size of the parade.
(F) The City Manager shall notify the applicant of the decision within three days after receipt of the application.
(G) If the City Manager proposes alternatives or refuses to issue a permit, the applicant shall have the right to appeal the decision to the Council.
(H) (1) An applicant may appeal the decision of the City Manager by filing a written request of appeal within 48 hours after the City Manager has proposed alternatives or refuses to issue a permit.
(2) The Council shall schedule a hearing date, which shall not be later than three days following the filing of the written appeal with the Manager, and shall notify the applicant of the date and time that he or she may appear either in person or by a representative.
(I) (1) No person shall unreasonably interfere with a parade or parade participant.
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle that is not part of a parade between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade.
(J) The City Manager may revoke a parade permit if circumstances clearly show that the parade can no longer be conducted consistent with public safety.
(Ord. 08-2000, passed 11-8-1999) Penalty, see § 70.99