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The County Fiscal Court or any authorized county official shall issue a permit when, from a consideration of the application and from other information obtained, he or she finds that:
(A) The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route;
(B) The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the county to properly police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police protection to the county;
(C) The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance service to portions of the county other than that to be occupied by the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto;
(D) The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points of the parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of or ambulance service to areas contiguous to the assembly areas;
(E) The conduct of the parade will not interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment en route to a fire; and
(F) The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) The County Fiscal Court or any authorized county official shall act on the application for a parade permit within three days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, after filing thereof.
(B) If the County Fiscal Court or authorized county official disapproves the application, he or she shall mail to the applicant within the three days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, after the date on which the application was filed, a notice of his or her action stating the reasons for the denial of the permit.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a parade permit to the County Fiscal Court. The appeal shall be taken within 30 days after notice of denial. The County Fiscal Court shall act on the appeal within 30 days after its receipt.
The County Fiscal Court or any authorized county official, in denying an application for a parade permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade on a date, at a time or over a route different than that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit shall file a written notice of his or her acceptance. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of and shall have the effect of a parade permit under this subchapter.
Immediately on the issuance of a parade permit, a copy thereof shall be sent to the following persons:
(A) The County Fiscal Court;
(B) The County Attorney;
(C) The Police Chief and the Fire Chief; and
(D) The general manager or responsible head of each public utility, the regular routes of whose vehicles will be affected by the route of the proposed parade.
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