(A) No person, group of persons or organization shall conduct or participate in any parade, assemblage or procession other than a funeral procession 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 permit 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. 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.
(1) The permit may be refused or canceled if:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) The parade route of march or assembly areas would unreasonably interfere with the movement of police vehicles, firefighting equipment or ambulance service to other areas of the municipality;
(d) The parade would unreasonably interfere with another parade for which a permit has been issued;
(e) The information contained in the application is found to be false, misleading or incomplete in any material detail; or
(f) An emergency such as a fire or storm would prevent the proper conduct of the parade.
(2) Boot drives requirements:
(a) A copy of insurance with phone number of agent showing evidence of insurance for both bodily injury and property damage liability with combined single limits of at least $1,000,000 for (each occurrence aggregate);
(b) Only between April 1 to October 31 of that year;
(c) Times are between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.;
(d) Must be 18 years old or older to be in the street/road;
(e) Only one permit issued per organization a year; and
(f) No more than three people on each side of the road at the intersection.
(3) The permit of 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, highway or portion thereof which may be used or occupied.
(1986 Code, § 311.04) (Ord. passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 71.99