As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ASSEMBLY
A gathering, meeting or rally which interferes with the movement
of vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any street or sidewalk or other
public property, including but not limited to the Township playground
and pavilion.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE RATE
The hourly cost to the Township of providing police protection,
fire protection, standby emergency medical services, sanitary services,
cleanup and trash removal and other necessary services for a parade
or assembly, as established from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners.
PARADE
Any march or procession or motorcade consisting of people,
animals or vehicles, or any combination thereof, upon any public street,
sidewalk or alley in the Township, which does not comply with the
normal and usual traffic regulations or controls.
It shall be unlawful for any person or organization
to conduct a parade or assembly in or upon any public street, alley
or sidewalk or other public property in the Township or to knowingly
participate in any such parade or assembly unless a permit has been
obtained from the Township Manager or, as hereinafter provided, from
the Board of Commissioners.
No permit shall be issued authorizing the conduct
of a parade intended to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any products, goods, wares, merchandise or event or designed to be
purely for private profit.
Any person or organization intending to conduct
a parade or assembly shall apply to the Township Manager for a permit
at least 30 days in advance. The Board of Commissioners may, in its
discretion, consider any application for a permit to conduct a parade
or assembly which is filed less than 30 days in advance. The application
for such permit shall be made in writing on a parade or assembly permit
application form provided by the Township. In order that adequate
arrangements may be made for the proper policing of the parade or
assembly and for other municipal services, the application shall contain
the following information:
A. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant,
the sponsoring person or organization, and the parade or assembly
chairman.
B. The purpose of the parade or assembly, the proposed
date and location, the proposed location of the organizing and disbanding
areas, the proposed route to be traveled and the proposed times when
the parade or assembly and any meeting or rally connected therewith
are to be held.
C. A description of the individual floats, marching units,
vehicles, bands and other units which will participate in the parade
and a description of any sound-amplification equipment to be used.
D. The estimated number of participants.
E. Such other information as the Township Manager may
deem necessary.
In each permit the Township Manager shall specify:
A. The date of the parade or assembly.
B. The assembly area and time therefor.
D. The minimum and maximum speeds.
F. The maximum number of platoons or units which may
participate in the parade and the maximum and minimum intervals of
space to be maintained between the units during such parade.
G. The maximum length of such parade in miles or fractions
thereof.
H. The disbanding area and disbanding time.
I. The number of persons required to monitor the parade
or assembly.
J. The number and types of parade vehicles.
K. The material and maximum size of any sign, banner,
placard or carrying device thereof.
L. That materials used in the construction of floats
used in the parade shall be fire-retardant and shall be subject to
such requirements concerning fire safety as may be determined by the
Fire Chief.
M. That the permittee shall advise all participants in
the parade or assembly, either orally or by written notice, of the
terms and conditions of the permit, prior to the commencement of such
parade or assembly.
N. That throwing objects, including candy, at spectators
is prohibited.
O. That the parade continue to move at a fixed rate of
speed and that any willful delay or willful stopping of said parade,
except when reasonably required for the safe and orderly conduct of
the parade, shall constitute a violation of the permit.
P. The location, time of commencement and time of termination
of any meeting or rally to be held on municipal property in connection
with the parade or assembly.
Q. Such requirements as are found by the Township Manager
to be reasonably necessary for the protection of persons or property.
Immediately upon the granting of a permit for
a parade or assembly, the Township Manager shall send a copy thereof
to the following:
A. The President of the Board of Commissioners.
D. The Director of Public Works.
The Township reserves the right to change the
parade route, assembling area, disbanding area and location of any
meeting or rally from those proposed on the parade or assembly permit
application to other routes and areas at any time prior to the parade
or assembly if the Township Manager determines that the safety of
the public or property requires such changes. Notice of such actions
shall be delivered in writing to the permittee by personal service
or by certified mail.
Any permit for a parade or assembly issued pursuant
to this chapter may be summarily revoked by the Township Manager at
any time when, by reason of the occurrence of a disaster, public calamity,
riot or other emergency, the Township Manager, together with the Chief
of Police, determines that the safety of the public or property requires
such revocation. Notice of such action revoking a permit shall be
delivered in writing to the permittee by personal service or by certified
mail.
A parade permit shall not be required by any
of the following functions:
C. Students going to and from school or other classes
or educational activities, provided that such activity is under the
immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities.
D. Activities of governmental agencies.
No person shall knowingly join in any parade
or assembly conducted under a permit issued by the Township Manager
in violation of any of the terms of said permit, nor knowingly join
or participate in any permitted parade or assembly without the prior
consent of the permittee, nor in any manner interfere with its progress
or orderly conduct.
The Police Department of the Township shall
have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit or restrict
the parking of vehicles along the street or portion thereof which
is within the route of a parade. The Police Department shall post
signs giving notice of such restrictions, and it shall be unlawful
for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation
thereof.