No person on or after the effective date of this article shall conduct or allow to be conducted any outdoor parade or procession without first obtaining a license therefor, in compliance with the terms of this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The occupying or marching on any street of the Village of Kiryas Joel, to the exclusion or interruption of other citizens and their individual right and use thereof. A group of 10 or more persons any of whom are carrying signs or placards in excess of two square feet intended to be read by passersby, shall be deemed a parade or procession.
A.
A duly executed application, in writing on a form furnished by the Village Clerk of the Village of Kiryas Joel, shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kiryas Joel at least seven business days prior to the parade or procession activity.
B.
Such application must secure the approval of the Board of Trustees and a written license issued by the Village Clerk.
C.
Said application shall contain the object, time and route of such parade and/or procession.
A.
The Board of Trustees may place reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on parades and processions.
B.
No parade or procession may utilize a dead-end street or cul-de-sac unless the starting or ending point of such parade or procession is property located on such street. The permission of the owner of such property shall be filed along with the application. No parade may utilize any route other than that approved by the Board of Trustees.
C.
No parade or procession shall disturb or linger near a school in session, near a place of worship while services or prayers are being conducted or near the residence of a clergyman. Shouting, noise-making, stopping or standing within 100 feet of such premises without permission shall be a violation.
D.
If there are any costs incurred for arrangements for traffic or crowd control, such costs shall be borne entirely by the applicant.
E.
Violations of the conditions of this license shall render the license null and void, constitute a violation of this article and subject the licensee to the penalties provided.
If such requested parade or procession shall be for a charitable, religious or philanthropic purpose and exemption is sought from the provisions of this article, upon a sworn application setting forth the name and address of the person and/or organization, the period during which the parade or procession is to be conducted, a specific statement of the charitable, religious or philanthropic purpose and the relationship between the parade or procession and that stated purpose, and if the Board of Trustees is satisfied that the stated purpose is charitable, religious or philanthropic, it shall so notify the applicant in writing and shall exempt the applicant from the provisions of § 107-12 and allow the exemption from other provisions of this article to the extent that such exemption does not conflict with the general purposes for which this article was adopted.
The license fee is hereby established at $25, unless otherwise determined by the Board of the Village of Kiryas Joel.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall be fined a sum not to exceed $250 for each violation.