(a) No person, group of persons or organization shall conduct or participate in any parade, procession or assemblage upon any street, highway or public ground, or block off any street, highway or public ground area, without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Safety and Service.
(b) Applications for such permits shall be made on such forms as may be prescribed and shall contain such information as is reasonably necessary to a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued. Applications shall be filed not less than ten days before the time intended for such parade, procession or assemblage.
The permit shall be issued unless the Police Chief or Fire Chief determines that:
(1) The time, place, size or conduct of the parade, procession or assemblage, including the assembly areas and route of march would unreasonably interfere with the public convenience and safe use of the streets, highways or public grounds.
(2) The parade, procession or assemblage would require the diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police the line of movement, assembly area and areas contiguous thereto so as to deny normal police protection to the Municipality.
(3) The parade route of march or assembly areas would unreasonably interfere with the movement of police vehicles, fire-fighting equipment or ambulance service to other areas of the Municipality.
(4) The parade, procession or assemblage would unreasonably interfere with another parade, procession or assemblage for which a permit has been issued.
(5) The information contained in the application is found to be false, misleading or incomplete in any material detail.
(6) An emergency such as a fire or storm would prevent the proper conduct of the parade, procession or assemblage.
The permit or any order accompanying it may limit or prescribe reasonable conditions, including the hours, the places of assembly and of dispersal, the route of march or travel and the streets, highways, public grounds or portions thereof which may be used or occupied.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.