As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of Clifton.
PARADE
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or
procession of any kind, or any similar display, in or upon any street,
park or other public place in the City.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid,
form or start any parade, unless a parade permit shall have been obtained
from the Chief of Police, with the exception of the following:
B. Students going to and from school classes or participating
in educational activities, provided that such conduct is under the
immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities.
C. A government agency acting within the scope of its
functions.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall
issue a permit as provided for hereunder when, from a consideration
of the application and from such other information as may otherwise
be obtained, he finds that:
A. 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.
B. The conduct of such parade will not require the diversion
of so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance
service to portions of the City other than that to be occupied by
the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto.
C. The concentration of persons, animals 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 designated to
be held purely for private profit.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall
act upon the application for parade permit within 24 hours after the
filing thereof. If the City Manager/Director of Public Safety disapproves
of the application, he shall immediately notify the applicant within
24 hours after the date upon which the application was filed. The
City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall state the reasons for
his denial of the permit.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety,
in denying an application for a parade 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 applicant desiring
to accept an alternate permit shall, within 24 hours after notice
of the action of the City Manager/Director of Public Safety, file
a written notice of acceptance with the City Manager/Director of Public
Safety. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements
of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit,
the City Manager/Director of Public Safety 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.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
Each parade permit shall state the following
information:
D. Maximum interval of space to be maintained between
the units of the parade.
E. The portions of the streets to be traversed that may
be occupied by the parade.
F. The maximum length of the parade in miles or fractions
thereof.
G. Such other information as the City Manager/Director
of Public Safety shall find necessary for the proper enforcement of
this chapter.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
Possession of permit. The parade chairman or
other person heading or leading such activity shall carry the parade
permit upon his person during the conduct of the parade.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
A. Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper,
obstruct or impede or interfere with any parade or parade assembly
or with any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in a parade.
B. Driving through parades. No driver of a vehicle, streetcar
or trackless trolley shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising
a parade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously
designated as a parade.
C. Parking on parade route. The City Manager/Director
of Public Safety shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary,
to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or
part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade. The City
Manager/Director of Public Safety shall post signs to such effect,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended
any vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for parking
on a street unposted in violation of this chapter.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall
have the authority to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon
there being material differences in the application for a parade permit
and the actual event but solely if those differences could effect
the health, safety and general welfare of the participants of the
parade and/or the citizens of Clifton.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
A. Any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by one or more of the following:
(1) A fine not exceeding $1,000.
(2) Confinement in the municipal jail or in the county
jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
(3) A period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
B. Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be
a separate and distinct offense.
C. The minimum penalty or fine for the violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be $100.
D. In addition to the foregoing fines or penalties, any
person, partnership, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter within one year of the date of a previous violation
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to be sentenced
to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine shall
not be less than the minimum nor exceed the maximum fine as set forth
above and shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for
a violation of the provisions of this chapter.