(A) Review by City Manager. Upon the filing of complete application for a parade permit, the City Manager, or his or her designee, shall review for compliance with this section.
(B) Action on permit application.
(1) The City Manager, or his or her designee, shall approve any application for a permit if the following criteria have been met:
(a) The proposed parade will not substantially disrupt vehicular traffic, public transportation, or pedestrian traffic within the city;
(b) The proposed parade will not unreasonably interfere with access to police or fire stations, or other public safety facilities;
(c) The proposed parade would not present unreasonable danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the applicant, spectators, city employees, or members of the public;
(d) The parade is not proposed for a time and place for which another parade permit has been or will be issued to a prior applicant;
(e) There is sufficient on-street and/or off-street parking to accommodate parade participants;
(f) The proposed area for the assembly or route of the parade will physically accommodate the number of participants expected to participate in the parade;
(g) The application is complete and does not contain fraud, misrepresentation or false statement;
(h) The applicant has not violated any provision of this chapter;
(i) The applicant's permit has not been previously revoked as provided in this chapter.
(2) The City Manager, or his or her designee, may condition any permit approved pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section with reasonable time, place and manner regulations to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to facilitate multiple uses of public property, to prevent dangerous, unlawful or impermissible uses of public property, and to regulate vehicular and pedestrian traffic; provided, that such conditions shall not be imposed in a manner that will unreasonably restrict expressive activity or other conduct protected by the California or United States Constitutions. Conditions that may be imposed on a parade permit include, but are not limited to:
(a) The accommodation of the parade's pedestrian and vehicular traffic, including the restriction of parade participants to city sidewalks, or portions of city streets or other public ways;
(b) Conditions designed to lessen interference with public safety and emergency service access;
(c) The provision and use of barricades and/or police escort;
(d) Noise restrictions.
(3) The City Manager and the Chief of Police, or their designees, shall review for approval any applications for expressive activity.
(Ord. 09-17, passed 12-15-2009)