[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Hampton 3-3-2008; amended in its entirety 1-23-2012. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
In accordance with and under the authority of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, Chapter 286 the following Ordinance is adopted to regulate the conduct of parades and public gatherings within the Town of Hampton in order to protect the safety and welfare of the citizens and residents of the Town of Hampton.
The purpose of this Ordinance is to assure and promote the orderly
and planned conduct of parades, public gatherings, the work of showmen,
the presentation and the conduct of theatricals within the Town of
Hampton so as to protect the public welfare and safety.
No showman, tumbler, rope dancer, ventriloquist or other person
shall, for pay, exhibit any feats of agility, horsemanship, sleight
of hand, rope dancing or feats with cards, or any animals, wax figures,
puppets or other show, or promote any public competition, without
first obtaining a license from the Board of Selectmen.
No theatrical or dramatic representation shall be performed
or exhibited and no parade or procession upon any public street or
way, and no open-air public meeting upon any ground abutting thereto,
shall be permitted, unless a special license therefor shall first
be obtained from the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen shall issue every such license or special
license in writing. Such written license or special license shall
specify the day and hour or hours when the license or special license
may be exercised, but not otherwise, together with the place or route
of the activity licensed and the reasonable conditions imposed by
the Selectmen. The fee for the issuance of such license or special
license shall be $5.00.
For any event proposed to be licensed under this Ordinance,
the Selectmen shall determine whether the fee for the license prescribed
in this Ordinance will be adequate to reimburse the Town of Hampton
for the extra expense in protecting the health and safety of the public,
which can reasonably be attributed to the event to be licensed. When
the license fee is found to be inadequate, the promoter of the event
shall agree to put in writing to reimburse the Town for the amount
of such expense in excess of the license fee and shall furnish a bond
for the payment of such amount in a form acceptable to the Selectmen.
Whoever violates the provisions of RSA 286:1-4 or this Ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of
a felony if any other person. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen
to prosecute for every violation.
The Board of Selectmen, or their lawfully designated representative,
may at any time cancel, suspend, revoke, or modify licenses or special
licenses issued hereunder for cause. Cancellation of any required
insurance or security automatically cancels issued licenses and special
licenses.
Applicants for a license hereunder shall comply with such insurance
requirements as shall be required by the Town at the time of the licensing.
The type and amount of insurances will depend upon the type of operations
to be carried out by the applicant. The Town shall be named as an
additional insured on all insurance required.
The certificate of insurance for General Coverage and Workers'
Compensation shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of
New Hampshire law from a company licensed to issue such insurances
in the State of New Hampshire.
Cancellation of any required insurance coverage automatically
cancels any license issued hereunder.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption.
