As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
MOTORCADE
An organized procession containing 25 or more vehicles, except funeral
processions, upon any public street, sidewalk or alley.
PARADE
Any march or procession consisting of people, animals or vehicles,
or combination thereof, except funeral processions, upon any public street,
sidewalk or alley, which does not comply with normal and usual traffic regulations
or controls.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a parade or motorcade
in or upon any public street, sidewalk or alley in the Township of Manalapan
or knowingly participate in any such parade or motorcade unless and until
a permit to conduct such parade or motorcade has been obtained from the Township
Clerk. Permits for parades and/or motorcades shall be issued, following compliance
with all other sections of this chapter, by the Township Clerk, only for routes
to be traveled on and along through streets in the Township of Manalapan,
and no other streets, sidewalks or alleys may be used for the purpose of a
parade or motorcade in the Township of Manalapan unless the Township Clerk
finds unusual circumstances and, in the exercise of his sound discretion,
waives the foregoing requirement; provided, further, that the foregoing does
not preclude the use of side streets along through streets in the Township
of Manalapan for assembly and disbanding areas, so long as those side streets
are enumerated in the application and ultimately approved in the permit subsequently
issued.
No person shall knowingly join or participate in any parade or motorcade
conducted under a permit from the Township Clerk in violation of any of the
terms of said permit or knowingly join or participate in any permitted parade
or motorcade without the consent and over the objection of the permittee or
in any manner interfere with its progress or orderly conduct.
In each permit, the Township Clerk shall specify:
A. The assembly area and time therefor.
C. The minimum and maximum speeds.
D. The route of the parade or motorcade.
E. What portions of streets to be traversed may be occupied
by such parade or motorcade.
F. The maximum number of platoons or units and the maximum
intervals of space to be maintained between units of such parade or motorcade.
G. The maximum length of such parade or motorcade in miles
or fractions thereof.
H. The disbanding area and disbanding time.
I. The number of persons required to monitor the parade
or motorcade.
J. The number and type of vehicles, if any.
K. The materials and maximum size of any sign, banner, placard
or carrying device therefor.
L. The materials used in the construction of floats used
in any parade shall be fire-retardant materials and shall be subject to such
requirements concerning fire safety as may be determined by the Fire Marshal
for the area used.
M. That the permittee advise all participants in the parade
or motorcade, either orally or by written notice, of the terms and conditions
of the permit, prior to the commencement of such parade or motorcade.
N. That the parade or motorcade continue to move at a fixed
rate of speed and that any willful delay or willful stopping of said parade
or motorcade, except when reasonably required for the safe and orderly conduct
of the parade or motorcade, shall constitute a violation of the permit.
O. Such other requirements as are found by the Township
Clerk to be reasonably necessary for the protection of persons or property.
Immediately upon the granting of a permit for a parade or motorcade,
the Township Clerk shall send a copy thereof to the following:
C. The Fire Chief of the affected area.
Any charitable or nonprofit or governmental organization shall be exempt from payment of the permit fee set forth in §
159-4B hereof.
Any permit for a parade or motorcade issued pursuant to this chapter may be summarily revoked by the Township Clerk at any time when, by reason of disaster, public calamity, riot or other emergency, or serious threat thereof, the Township Clerk determines that the safety of the public or property requires such revocation. Notice of such action revoking a permit shall be delivered in writing, if possible, to the permittee by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address given as required in §
159-4 of this chapter.