[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Moorestown 12-12-1966 by Ord. No. 527.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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 Township.
A permit as required by this chapter.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
The Township of Moorestown.
A.
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall
file an application with the Director of Public Safety on forms provided
by such Director.
B.
Filing period. An application for a parade permit
shall be filed with the Director of Public Safety not less than seven
days nor more than 14 days before the date on which it is proposed
to conduct the parade.
C.
Contents. The application for a parade permit shall
set forth the following information:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of the person
seeking to conduct such parade.
(2)
If the parade is proposed to be conducted for, on
behalf of or by an organization, the name, address and telephone number
of the headquarters of the organization and of the authorized and
responsible heads of such organization.
(3)
The name, address and telephone number of the person
who will be the parade chairman and who will be responsible for its
conduct.
(4)
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(5)
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the
termination point.
(6)
The approximate number of persons who, and animals
and vehicles which, will constitute such parade; the type of animals,
and description of the vehicles.
(7)
The hours when such parade will start and terminate.
(8)
A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all
or only a portion of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
(9)
The location, by streets, of any assembly areas for
such parade.
(10)
The time at which units of the parade will begin
to assemble at any such assembly area or areas.
(11)
The interval of space to be maintained between
units of such parade.
(12)
If the parade is designed to be held by and
on behalf of or for any person other than the applicant, the applicant
for such permit shall file with the Director of Public Safety a communication,
in writing, from the person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing
the applicant to apply for the permit on his behalf.
(13)
Any additional information which the Director
of Public Safety shall find reasonably necessary to a fair determination
as to whether a permit should be issued.
D.
Late applications. The Director of Public Safety,
where good cause is shown therefor, shall have the authority to consider
any application hereunder which is filed less than three days before
the date such parade is proposed to be conducted.
E.
Fee. There shall be paid to the Township of Moorestown
at the time of filing the application for a parade permit a fee of
$10.
The Director of Public Safety shall issue a
permit as provided for hereunder when, from a consideration of the
applicant and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained,
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 Township to properly
police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to
prevent normal police protection to the Township.
C.
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 Township other than that to be occupied
by the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto.
D.
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.
E.
The conduct of such parade will not interfere with
the movement of fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
F.
The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely
to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct
or create a disturbance.
G.
The parade is scheduled to move from its point of
origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable
delays en route.
H.
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.
The Director of Public Safety shall act upon
the application for a parade permit within two days after the filing
thereof. If the Director of Public Safety disapproves the application,
he shall mail to the applicant within two days after the date upon
which the application was filed a notice of his action, stating the
reasons for his denial of the permit.
The 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 three days after notice of the action
of the Director of Public Safety, file a written notice of acceptance
with the Director of Public Safety. An alternate parade permit shall
conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of a parade
permit under, this chapter.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit,
the Director of Public Safety shall send a copy thereof to the following:
Each parade permit shall state the following
information:
A.
Starting time.
B.
Minimum speed.
C.
Maximum speed.
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 Director of Public Safety
shall find necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
A permittee hereunder shall comply with all
permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and
ordinances.
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.
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 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 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 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.
The Director of Public Safety shall have the
authority to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon application
of the standards for issuance as herein set forth.[1]
