[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst 3-2-1964 as Ch. 11, Art. II, of the 1964 Code of Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No parade or exhibition shall be held in or upon the streets, parks
or other public places in the village without prior written permission from
the Board of Trustees.
It shall be unlawful for any number of persons or group of persons to
congregate in or upon any public park or lands owned by the village for the
purposes of holding meetings on public questions, musical concerts or gatherings
or for any other purposes whereby persons congregate in such places, unless
such persons or group of persons shall first obtain a permit from the Board
of Trustees of the village in accordance with the following sections of this
chapter.
A.
Contents. Any person or group of persons desiring to
procure a permit for the purposes above set forth shall first file, in the
village office, a written application therefor, for which no fee shall be
required. Such application shall state the name and residence address of the
applicant; whether the applicant is a corporation or group of persons which
is not incorporated; its principal place of business or office; the objects
and purposes of such organization; the purposes of the proposed gathering,
meeting or assembly; the date or dates upon which the use of such public place
is required and the time of day when such gathering, meeting or assembly shall
start its proceeding and the approximate time when it shall conclude the same
and such other details regarding such gathering, meeting or assembly as may
be required by the Board of Trustees of the village.
B.
Time for filing. Such application shall be filed in the
village office not less than 10 days prior to the time proposed for the holding
of such gathering, meeting or assembly.
The granting of such permission to any person or group of persons, whether
incorporated or unincorporated, shall authorize the holding of such meeting
or assembly only for such purposes specified in the permit to be granted by
the Board of Trustees and only within the hours and at the location specified
therein.
A.
Conditions. Before any such permit shall be granted,
the applicant shall furnish to the village a good and sufficient undertaking
by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of New York which
shall indemnify and hold harmless the village of and from any claims, demands,
suits, costs or disbursements in the event that any person shall institute
action against the village or any of its employees for alleged negligence
of the village or its employees during the holding of such meeting or assembly
or alleged to be resulting from any alleged negligence by the village or its
employees directly or indirectly connected with such meeting or assembly.
B.
Amount of bond or insurance policy. The limits of said
surety bond or certificate of insurance acceptable to the Village Attorney
shall be not less than $1,000,000 combined single liability for a single-day
event or such other amount as may be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees
for other events.[1]
This chapter shall not in any way be deemed to affect the provisions of Chapter 178, Parks and Playgrounds, with respect to permits for the playing of games and sports on lands owned by the village.
