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§ 93.04 PERMIT APPLICATION FEE.
   Any person applying for a parade permit shall submit a nonrefundable $50 fee, made payable to the town. This fee shall be due and payable on the date the application is submitted.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95; Am. Ord. passed - -)
§ 93.05 STANDARDS FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE; NOTICE OF DENIAL.
   (A)   Issuance standards. The Chief of Police shall issue a parade permit when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he or she finds that:
      (1)   The conduct of the parade or public demonstration will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route;
      (2)   The conduct of the parade or public demonstration will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the city to properly police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto, as to prevent normal police protection to this city;
      (3)   The conduct of such parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance service to portions of this city other than that to be occupied by the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto;
      (4)   The concentration of persons, animals, and vehicles at assembly points of the parade or public demonstration will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas;
      (5)   The conduct of the parade or public demonstration will not interfere with the movement of fire fighting equipment en route to a fire;
      (6)   The conduct of the parade or public demonstration is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct, or to create a disturbance;
      (7)   The parade or public demonstration is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route;
      (8)   The parade or public demonstration is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising any produce, cause, goods, or events, and is not designed to be held purely for private profit.
   (B)   Denial. If the Chief of Police disapproves the application for a parade permit, he or she shall mail to the applicant, within three days after the date upon which the application was filed, a notice of his or her action.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95)
§ 93.06 ALTERNATIVE PERMIT.
   The Chief of Police, 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 from that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit shall, within five days after notice of the action of the Chief of Police, file a written notice of acceptance with the Chief of Police. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of and shall have the effect of a parade permit under this chapter.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95)
§ 93.07 CONTENTS OF PERMIT; CARRYING PERMIT.
   (A)   Permit contents. Each parade permit shall state the following information:
      (1)   Starting time;
      (2)   Minimum speed;
      (3)   Maximum speed;
      (4)   Maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the parade or public demonstration;
      (5)   The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied by the parade or public demonstration;
      (6)   The maximum length of the parade or public demonstration in miles and fractions thereof;
      (7)   Such other information as the Chief of Police shall find necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
   (B)   Carrying permit. The parade or public demonstration chairman or other person heading or leading such activity shall carry the parade permit upon his or her person during the conduct of the parade or public demonstration.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.08 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.
   The Chief of Police shall have the authority, after a hearing affording due process, to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon application of the standards for issuance as set forth in this chapter, or the likelihood of civil unrest, or the unavailability of adequate police, fire, and/or emergency service protection.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95)
§ 93.09 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
   A person holding a parade permit shall comply with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.10 POLICE ESCORT; AUTHORIZED ROUTE.
   If permission is granted as required in this chapter to any person to conduct any parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, and other public demonstration, the Chief of Police, through his or her department, shall provide proper escort for all lawful purposes within the town limits. The route shall be determined by the Chief of Police or his or her duly authorized agent before such parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, or public demonstration shall proceed upon any of the streets and alleyways of the town.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95)
§ 93.11 NOISES DISTURBING THE PEACE.
   No person who shall or may hereafter receive written permission as required in this chapter to conduct any parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, or any other public demonstration within the town limits shall disturb the peace of the citizens by the loud blowing of horns or making any other unusual, loud, or obnoxious noise to the detriment of the peace and quiet of the citizens residing within the town limits.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.12 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF PARTICIPATION; AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION.
   The Police Department may make note of the registration plates of all automobiles which shall or may be engaged in and upon such parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, or public demonstration, and the registration record of the ownership of any automobile engaged in or upon any such parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, or public demonstration shall be prima facie evidence that the registered owner of such automobile consented to and was a party to participation in such parade, procession, cavalcade, caravan, or public demonstration and shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter prescribed as a participant therein.
(Ord. passed 8-1-95)
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