(A) No person shall stage, promote, or conduct any special event in the city without first obtaining a special event permit from the chief of police or his/her designee. With the exception of events at which alcohol is served or sold publicly and events intending to generate amplified sound or excessive noise, no special event permit under this chapter will be required for events to be attended by fewer than five hundred (500) people.
(B) The requirements for permitting under this chapter shall not apply to:
1. Funeral processions;
2. Spontaneous events for the purpose of expressive activity that occur in response to breaking or emerging news;
3. Lawful picketing on sidewalks; and
4. Venues that are permitted to hold such activities by the property's zoning or through an approved special use permit.
In determining whether an event is exempt, no consideration shall be given to the content of any constitutionally protected expression connected with the planned activity. No permit shall be required under this chapter, nor any condition imposed on any permit, if requiring a permit or imposing the condition would violate rights protected by the constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state of Idaho. (Ord. 2986, 6-21-2010)