(A) A PARADE is an assemblage of more than five vehicles or 25 pedestrians in a public procession along the streets of the town, but shall not include funeral processions, sight-seeing groups or bands or marching groups proceeding to the assembly point to participate in a parade.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to inaugurate, promote or participate in any parade over the streets of the town, except as herein provided. Parades may be held in conformity with the following requirements.
(1) No parades or parts thereof may be upon the streets of the town between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(2) No parades conducted in the town may last longer than one hour from the time such parades actually begin.
(3) No more than one parade may be conducted during any one calendar day.
(4) Parade routes shall be approved by the Chief of Police.
(5) Parades may not be conducted until a permit therefor has been secured from the Chief of Police. The application for this permit shall be made at least five days before the date on which the parade is to be held. The Chief of Police shall issue a permit if it appears that the parade will be held in conformity herewith, but may stop and disperse a parade conducted in violation of this section even though a permit therefor has been issued by him or her.
(6) The Chief of Police, when expressly authorized and directed by the Mayor, shall have the authority and duty to prohibit or restrict parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade or at the point of assembly or dispersal of a parade for a period of from three hours before its commencement to one hour after its dispersal. The Chief of Police shall post signs to such effect and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for parking on a street unposted in violation of this section.
(Prior Code, § 96.02) Penalty, see § 10.99