(A) No procession or parade excepting the forces of the United States military, the military forces of this state, and forces of the Police and Fire Departments shall occupy, march, or proceed along any street, sidewalk, or any other public place or way except in accordance with a permit issued by the Chief of Police. This section shall not apply to funeral processions, school functions such as marching bands, provided such activities are under the direction of appropriate school authorities, or a governmental agency.
(B) The application for such permit shall be made 15 working days prior to the proposed parade or procession. The permit application shall state the name of the sponsoring organization or person, the reason for the procession or parade, the proposed route of the parade, and the number of persons, vehicles, floats, units, or other participants in such parade or procession, time of day requested, any special requirements such as extremely wide or long vehicles, special effects, such as lighted units, and the use of any hazardous materials or live fires.
(C) The Chief of Police shall review the permit application and shall issue the permit for the parade or procession on the application of the applicant except in the following circumstances in which the Chief of Police is authorized to deny or modify the permit to be issued:
(1) Where the parade or procession is of such length or duration that such will inhibit the flow of traffic for a period in excess of two hours;
(2) Where, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, there is substantial danger to life or bodily harm or property damage to a participant in the parade or procession, or to a spectator, or a person is likely to be affected because of the use of hazardous materials, toxic chemicals, or live fires in the parade or procession;
(3) Where the hours proposed for such parade or procession will cause a direct interference with the traffic flow along the proposed route to the point that personal injury or property damage is likely to result to the parade or procession participants or others displaced by such parade or procession along the parade or procession route or on detours caused by such parade or procession route.
(D) Each application for a permit shall be accompanied with a permit fee as provided for in § 6.00 of the Fee Schedule, as set forth in Appendix 1 of this code, before its consideration. This fee shall be non-refundable regardless of whether the permit is granted or denied.
Penalty, see § 10.99