The following words, as used herein, shall have the definitions
and meanings set forth herein:
MOTORCADE
An organized procession containing 10 or more vehicles, except
funeral processions, upon any public street, sidewalk or alley.
PARADE
Any procession or march intended to proceed along any street
or in any public place in an orderly fashion.
There shall be a fee as set forth in Chapter
155, Fees.
The Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, shall issue
a permit as provided for hereunder when (s)he finds that:
A. The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe
and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
B. The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great
a number of police officers of the City to properly police the line
of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal
police protection to the City.
C. The concentration of persons and vehicles at assembly points of the
parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection
of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas.
D. The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of
fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
E. The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point
of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
F. The parade is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any product, goods or event, and is not designed to be held purely
for private profit; provided, however, that the prohibition against
advertising any product, goods or event shall not apply to signs identifying
organizations or sponsors furnishing or sponsoring floats or transportation
for the parade.
The Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, shall act
upon the application for a parade permit within 72 hours after the
filing thereof. If the Director, or his/her designee, disapproves
of the application, (s)he shall immediately notify the applicant within
24 hours after the date upon which the application was filed. The
Director, or his/her designee, shall state the reasons for the denial
of the permit.
The Director, or his/her designee, in denying an application
for a permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade
on a date, at a time or over a route different from that named by
the applicant. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements
of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the Director,
or his/her designee, shall send a copy thereof to the following:
C. The Director of the Department of Public Works.
D. The general manager or responsible head of each public transportation
utility, the regular routes of whose vehicles will be affected by
the route of the proposed parade.
Each parade permit shall state the following information:
E. The maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units
of the parade.
F. The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied
by the parade.
G. The number of persons, motor vehicles and floats that will be in
the parade.
H. Such other information as the Director, or his/her designee, shall
find necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
The parade chairperson, or other person heading or leading such
activity, shall carry the parade permit upon his/her person during
the conduct of the parade.
The Director, or his/her designee, shall have the authority
to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon his/her determination
that there are material differences between the conditions set forth
in the application and the conditions of the actual parade which adversely
effect the ability of law enforcement and fire-fighting personnel
to protect the public safety and welfare.