(a) No person, group of persons or organization shall conduct or participate in any parade, procession, assemblage, athletic, fundraising, or recreational event upon any street or highway, or block off any street or highway area, without first obtaining a permit from the Police Chief.
(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 permits should be issued. Applications shall be filed not less than twenty (20) days before the time intended for such event as set forth in subsection (a). Any applicant may notify the Police Chief in writing of any circumstances requiring less than twenty (20) days notice. Upon receipt of such notification, the Police Chief shall approve or deny the applicant’s request.
(c) The permit may be refused or canceled if:
(1) The time, place, size or conduct of the parade including the assembly areas and route of march would unreasonably interfere with the public convenience and safe use of the streets and highways.
(2) The parade 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 would unreasonably interfere with another parade 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.
(d) 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 or portions thereof which may be used or occupied.
(e) The Police Chief is hereby authorized to charge a partially refundable security deposit for such event as set forth above, in an amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the provision of safety forces for the protection of participants in any such event or for any other expenditure of City resources related to such event as set forth above. The amount refunded to the applicant is based on the actual costs incurred by the City.
(f) Any person applying for a permit under this section of the code shall obtain liability insurance naming the City of Westlake as an insured with an insurer authorized to write liability insurance in this State providing coverage in each occurrence, subject to a limit, exclusive of interests and costs, of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) because of damage or bodily injury to or death of a person as a result of or in relation such event as set forth above.
(Ord. 2011-31. Passed 4-7-11.)