Loading...
Pursuant to M.S. § 169.215, as it may be amended from time to time, the city may designate a crossing for senior citizens or disabled persons on any exclusive city street in the vicinity of a senior citizen housing project, senior citizen nursing home, or residential care facility for disabled persons on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation prescribed by the Commissioner and subject to the uniform specifications adopted by the Minnesota Commissioner of Transportation.
PARADES
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARADE. Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, or procession of any kind, or any similar display in or on any street, sidewalk, park, or other public place in the city.
PARADE PERMIT. A permit required by this subchapter.
PARKING LOT. Any paved or unpaved area used by a place of business or shopping center for the parking of vehicles of their customers, but shall not include those operated for hire.
(A) No person or persons shall engage or participate in, aid, form or start any parade unless a parade permit has been obtained from the City Clerk or other authorized city official.
(B) This subchapter shall not apply to:
(1) Funeral processions;
(2) Students going to and from school classes or participating in educational activities; provided, that the conduct is under the immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities;
(3) A governmental agency acting within the scope of its functions.
Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Generally. A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application with the City Clerk.
(B) Filing period. The application for a parade permit shall be filed not less than 72 hours but not more than 60 days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade. Failure to file an application 72 hours in advance will not result in automatic denial of the permit; provided, that the applicant shows reasonable grounds why the application could not be filed 72 hours in advance.
(C) Required information. The application for a parade permit shall set forth the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct the parade;
(2) If the parade is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by an organization, the name, address, and telephone number of the headquarters of the organization and of the authorized and responsible heads of the organization;
(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the person who will be the parade chairperson and who will be responsible for its conduct;
(4) The date when the parade is to be conducted;
(5) The route to be traveled, the starting point, and the termination point;
(6) The approximate number of persons, animals, and vehicles which will constitute the parade, the type of animals, if any, and the description of the vehicles;
(7) The hours when the parade will start and terminate;
(8) A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all or only a portion of the width of the streets, sidewalk, park or other public place proposed to be traversed;
(9) The location by street of any assembly area for the parade;
(10) The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble at any assembly area or areas;
(11) The interval of space to be maintained between units of the parade;
(12) If the parade is designed to be held by, and on behalf of or for, any person other than the applicant, the applicant for the permit shall file a communication in writing from the person authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his or her behalf;
(13) Any additional information reasonably necessary to a fair determination as to whether a permit should be issued.
(D) There shall be paid at the time of filing an application for a parade permit a fee in an amount as established in the Ordinance Establishing Fees and Charges pursuant to § 30.11 of this code, as it may be amended from time to time. In addition, the applicant must provide proof of a valid insurance policy in the amount of $500,000 per individual claim and $1,500,000 for all claims arising from the same event, that names and agrees to defend and indemnify the city from any and all claims arising from the parade.
Penalty, see § 10.99
The City Clerk shall issue a permit when, from a consideration of the application and from other information obtained, he or she finds that:
(A) The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route;
(B) The conduct of the parade 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 the city;
(C) The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points of the parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to the assembly areas;
(D) The conduct of the parade will not interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment en route to a fire;
(E) The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
Penalty, see § 10.99
If the City Clerk disapproves the application, he or she shall mail to the applicant within the three regular business days after the date on which the application was filed a notice of his or her action stating the reasons for his or her denial of the permit.
The City Clerk or other authorized city official, 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 than that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit shall file a written notice of his or her acceptance. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit under this subchapter.
Loading...