(a) No person or organization shall sponsor or conduct a parade or special event without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee. The application for such a permit shall be filed with the Director or designee not less than thirty (30) days prior to the parade or special event.
(b) If the Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee finds that the proposed parade or special event will result in disturbance of the peace, a violation of law, or unreasonable interference with public travel, or unreasonable demand upon police, fire or service personnel, including the cumulative cost and impact of permits granted previously during the year for other parades or special events, or unreasonable interference with the right of quiet enjoyment by the citizens in the use of their property, that food will be prepared or served in violation of any applicable health codes, that alcohol will be served, or that the applicant or group, organization or persons represented by the applicant shall have previously violated the provisions of a similar permit, or shall have violated any of the ordinances of the City, or laws of the State or of the United States in connection with a previous parade or special event in or upon the streets, parks or public grounds of the City or elsewhere, the permit shall not be issued. If none of the above-listed violations have been found, the Director of Safety/Service or their designee shall issue a permit for said event.
(c) The application period may be shortened by the Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee for good cause shown upon the written request of the applicant stating the reasons therefore and further that the shortening of the permit application period would not be detrimental to the peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Lorain.
(d) Except where the event is sponsored by the City of Lorain (see Section 311.02) or the Lorain Board of Education, the person or organization sponsoring or conducting a parade or special event shall be responsible for providing adequate off-duty safety personnel as required and approved by the Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee. The person or organization sponsoring or conducting a parade or special event shall be responsible for providing a communication plan addressing the notification of affected persons of any travel hindrances or other delays caused by the event, and for carrying out the approved plan.
(e) The Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee may promulgate written rules and regulations for the administration of this section, a copy of which if so promulgated, shall be provided with any permit application requested. The Director of Public Safety/Service or their designee may delegate an officer or employee of the City to process permit applications.
(f) City Sponsored Events and Lorain Board of Education parades and/or special events shall be exempt from the permit, fee, deposit, insurance, and penalty provisions of this chapter.
(g) No person shall knowingly give any false or misleading information in any permit application for a parade or special event permit.
(Ord. 116-16. Passed 11-7-16.)