As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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 Township.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
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:
D. The Director of the Department of Public Works.
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 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.
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.