(a) No person, group of persons or organization shall conduct or participate in any parade, assemblage or procession other than a funeral procession upon any street or highway, or block off any street or highway area, without first obtaining a permit from the Police Chief.
Applications for such permits shall be made on such forms as may be prescribed and shall contain such information as is reasonably necessary to a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued. Applications shall be filed not less than five days before the time intended for such parade, procession or assemblage.
The permit shall be refused or cancelled 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, fire-fighting 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.
The permit or any order accompanying it may limit or prescribe reasonable conditions, including the hours, the place of assembly and of dispersal, the route of march or travel and the streets, highways or portions thereof which may be used or occupied.
(b) Any person, group of persons or organization aggrieved by the denial of a permit or to any conditions attached to an issued permit shall have a right of immediate appeal to the City Manager. Said appeal shall be delivered to the office of the City Manager, in writing, and shall state with particularity the grounds therefor. The City Manager shall forthwith review the application for permit, all information provided in support of same together with any such supplemental information which may have been provided and/or reviewed by the Police Chief, may request or consider additional information when necessary to reach a decision, and shall consider the stated grounds for the appeal. The City Manager shall be bound by the criteria set forth in subsection (a) and, in accord with same, may affirm, reverse, or modify the denial of a permit or conditions of an issued permit. The City Manager's decision shall be issued in writing and forwarded to the appealing party at an address provided by the party for such notice.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.