No procession or parade containing 10 or more vehicles or 20
or more persons not riding in vehicles shall occupy, march or proceed
along any street or highway at any time unless a license to do so
at the time has been obtained from the Borough Manager. No person
shall take part in, aid, form or start any such procession or parade
unless a license for said procession or parade has been issued by
the Borough Manager, and no person shall take part in any procession
or parade which is proceeding in a manner not in accordance with the
terms of such license.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A. Processions or parades when all persons taking part therein are policemen,
firemen, members of the armed forces of the United States or of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or veterans of such forces or officials
of governmental units.
B. Processions or parades declared by resolution or motion of the Borough
Council to be a part of official Borough ceremonies.
C. Students going to and from school classes or participating in school
activities, provided that such conduct is under the immediate direction
and supervision of the proper school authorities.
Upon application duly made not less than seven days, not counting
holidays or Sundays, prior to the proposed date of the procession
or parade, in such form as the Borough Manager shall require, a license
for the procession or parade shall be issued by the Borough Manager
five days, not counting holidays or Sundays, after the application
is made, unless:
A. The procession or parade for which a license is sought could conflict
with another parade or procession for which a license is to be or
has been issued and for which application was made previous to the
application to be rejected.
B. The procession or parade could conflict with a procession or parade
to which this chapter does not apply.
C. The Mayor or Chief of Police shall advise the Borough Manager that
the procession or parade for which a license is sought would endanger
the public health or safety or would be detrimental to the public
welfare.
D. The procession or parade is to be held for the purpose of advertising
any commercial product, goods or event or is designated purely for
private profit.
E. The organization has a record of previous violations of parade or
procession ordinances.
Any person, firm or corporation seeking a license for a parade
or procession pursuant to this chapter shall make regular application
to the Manager, setting forth the name and address of the organization
or person seeking said license, the date and time and the route to
be followed and such other information as may be requested.
The Borough Manager shall promptly notify the Mayor and the
Chief of Police of any and all applications for licenses under this
chapter. If advised by either official that the procession or parade
for which the license is sought would endanger public health or safety
or be detrimental to the public welfare, the Borough Manager shall
promptly notify the members of the Borough Council that he has been
so advised and shall refrain from issuing the license sought until
directed to do so by resolution of the Borough Council.
Each license issued under this chapter shall specify the names
of the organizations participating, the name of the person (or if
a committee without a chairman, the names of the members of the committee)
chiefly responsible for the marshaling and organization of the procession
or parade, the streets or highways through which it may move, how
much of these highways in width it may occupy and the hours during
which it may proceed.
No person shall drive any vehicle between the vehicles or persons
comprising a procession or parade proceeding in accordance with the
terms of a license therefor duly issued by the Borough Manager when
such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated
as a procession or parade, nor shall any person unreasonably hamper,
obstruct, impede or interfere with any person, vehicle or animal participating
or used in such a procession or parade.
The Chief of Police shall have the authority to prohibit or
restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting
a part of the route of a procession or parade and to cause signs to
such effect to be posted, and it shall be unlawful and a violation
of this chapter for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle
upon any highway or portion thereof in violation of prohibitions so
posted along said highway or portion thereof.
[Amended 1-30-1989 by Ord. No. 89-2]
Any person who shall be convicted of violating or failing to
comply with the provisions of this chapter before any Magisterial
District Judge shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $600,
together with costs of prosecution, or be subject to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both. The
continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting
the continuation of a violation may be punished as provided above
for each separate offense.