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 a combination thereof, except funeral processions, upon any 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 borough or to knowingly
participate in any such parade or motorcade unless and until a permit to conduct
such parade or motorcade has been obtained from the Mayor or, as hereinafter
provided, from the Borough Council; said permits for parades and/or motorcades
shall be issued, following compliance with all other sections of this chapter,
by the Mayor.
No permit shall be issued authorizing the conduct of a parade or motorcade
which the Mayor finds is proposed to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any product, goods, wares, merchandise or event and is designed to be held
purely for private profit.
No person shall knowingly join or participate in any parade or motorcade
conducted under permit from the Mayor in violation of any of the terms of
said permit, nor knowingly join or participate in any permitted parade or
motorcade without the consent and over the objection of the permittee, nor
in any manner interfere with its progress or orderly conduct.
Any person who wants to conduct a parade or motorcade shall apply to
the Mayor for a permit at least 10 days in advance of the date of the proposed
parade or motorcade. The Mayor may, in his discretion, consider any application
for a permit to conduct a parade or motorcade which is filed less than 10
days prior to the date such parade or motorcade is to be conducted. The application
for such permit shall be made in writing and shall contain or include the
following:
A. The name of the applicant, the sponsoring organization,
the parade or motorcade chairman and the address and telephone number of each.
B. The purpose of the parade or motorcade, the date when
it is proposed to be conducted, the location of the assembly area, the location
of the disbanding area, route to be traveled and the approximate time when
the parade or motorcade will assemble, start and terminate.
C. A description of the individual floats, marching units,
vehicles and bands.
The Mayor shall issue a parade or motorcade permit conditioned upon
the applicant's written agreement to comply with the terms of such permit,
unless the Mayor finds that:
A. The time, route and size of the parade or motorcade will
disrupt to an unreasonable extent the movement of other traffic.
B. The parade or motorcade is of a size or nature that requires
the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the borough to properly
police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto that allowing
the parade or motorcade would deny reasonable police protection to the borough
in general.
C. Such parade or motorcade will interfere with another
parade or motorcade for which a permit has been issued.
The Mayor shall deny an application for a parade or motorcade permit
and notify the applicant of such denial where:
A. The Mayor makes any finding contrary to the findings
required to be made for the issuance of a permit.
B. The information contained in the application is found
to be false or nonexistent in any material detail.
C. The applicant refuses to agree to abide by or comply
with all conditions of the permit and any and all other sections of this chapter.
Immediately upon the granting of a permit for a parade or motorcade,
the Mayor shall send a copy thereof to the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief.
Any permit for a parade or motorcade issued pursuant to this chapter may be summarily revoked by the Mayor at any time when by reason of disaster, public calamity, riot or other emergency the Mayor determines that the safety of the public or property requires such revocation. Notice of such action revoking a permit shall be delivered in writing to the permittee by personal service or by certified mail at the address given in regard to §
60-5A of this chapter.