[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
The repeated operation of two or more vehicles in a continuous
or nearly continuous flow through a parking lot.
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, or
procession of any kind, or any similar display in or on any street,
sidewalk, park, or other public place in the Village, or cruising
as defined above.
Any paved or unpaved area used by a place of business or
shopping center for the parking of vehicles of their customers, but
shall not include those operated for hire.
A parade, block event, run or other organized event held
on Village property.
A permit required by this article.
A person seeking issuance of a special event permit shall file
an application with the Village Administrator or other authorized
Village official on forms provided by such officer.
A.
Filing period. The application for a special event permit shall be
filed not less than 14 days nor more than 60 days before the date
on which it is proposed to conduct the special event.
B.
The application for a special event permit shall set forth the following
information:
(1)
The name, address, and telephone number of the person seeking to
conduct the parade or special event;
(2)
If the parade or special event is proposed to be conducted for, on
behalf of, or by an organization, the name, address, and telephone
number of the headquarters of the organization and of the authorized
and responsible heads of the organization;
(3)
The name, address, and telephone number of the person who will be
the parade or special event chairperson and who will be responsible
for its conduct;
(4)
The date when the parade or special event is to be conducted;
(5)
The route to be traveled, the starting point, and the termination
point;
(6)
The hours when the parade or special event will start and terminate;
(7)
A statement as to whether the parade or special event will occupy
all or only a portion of the width of the streets, sidewalk, park,
or other public place proposed to be traversed;
(8)
The location by street of any assembly area for the parade or special
event;
(9)
The time at which units of the parade or special event will begin
to assemble at any such assembly area or areas;
(10)
If the event is designed to be held by, and on behalf of or
for, any person other than the applicant, the applicant for the special
event permit shall file authorization in writing from that person
to apply for the special event permit on his behalf;
(11)
Any additional information reasonably necessary to a fair determination
as to whether a special event permit should be issued.
C.
There shall be paid for a special event permit a fee established
by the Board of Trustees on approval of the permit.
The Village Administrator or other authorized Village official
shall issue a special event permit when, from a consideration of the
application and from other information obtained, he finds that:
A.
The conduct of the special event will not substantially interrupt
the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route;
B.
The conduct of the special event will not require the diversion of
so great a number of police officers of the Village to properly police
the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent
normal police protection to the Village;
C.
The conduct of the special event will not require the diversion of
so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance service
to portions of the Village 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 special event will not unduly interfere with proper fire and
police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to
the assembly areas;
E.
The conduct of the special event will not interfere with the movement
of fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire;
F.
The special event is scheduled to move from its point of origin to
its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays
en route;
G.
The special event is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any product, goods, or event, and is not designated to be held purely
for private profit;
H.
The special event, if it takes the form of cruising, has the approval
in writing of the owner or an authorized agent of the owner for the
use of the parking lot which is the site of the special event.
The Village Administrator or other authorized Village official
shall act on the application for a special event permit within seven
days, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, after filing thereof.
If he or she disapproves the application, he or she shall mail to
the applicant within the seven days, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
excepted, after the date on which the application was filed, a notice
of his or her action stating the reasons for his or her denial of
the special event permit.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial
of a special event permit to the Board of Trustees. The appeal shall
be taken within 30 days after notice of denial. The Board of Trustees
shall act on the appeal within 30 days after its receipt.
The Village Administrator or other authorized Village official,
in denying an application for a special event permit, shall be empowered
to authorize the conduct of the special event on a date, at a time,
or over a route different than that named by the applicant. An applicant
desiring to accept an alternate permit shall file a written notice
of his or her acceptance. An alternate special event permit shall
conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of, a special
event permit under this article.
Immediately on the receipt of the application for a special
event permit, a copy thereof shall be sent to the Village Administrator,
Chief of Police, Public Works Director and the Fire Chief.
Each special event permit shall state the following information:
A permittee hereunder shall comply with all special event permit
directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances.
A.
Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede,
or interfere with any special event or special event assembly or with
any person, vehicle, or animal participating or used in a special
event.
B.
Driving through special events. No driver of a vehicle, except a
police car or other emergency vehicle, shall drive between the vehicles
or persons comprising a special event when such vehicles or persons
are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a special event.
C.
Parking on special event route. The Chief of Police or other authorized
Village official shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary,
to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street or
other public thoroughfare or part thereof constituting a part of the
route of a special event. Signs shall be posted to such effect, and
it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any
vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for parking
on a street or other public thoroughfare unless signs have been posted
in accordance with this section.
The Village shall have the authority to revoke a special event
permit issued hereunder on application of the standards for issuance
as herein set forth.
