[Adopted 7-10-2013 by L.L. No. 10-2013]
No person, corporation or other legal entity shall occupy, march or proceed along or close any Town highway or part thereof without having first obtained a temporary street closure permit from the Town of Rotterdam. Applications for such a permit shall be made in writing to the Town Clerk and shall be reviewed and approved by the Superintendent of Highways, the Department of Public Works, and the Chief of Police. The permit shall be issued by the Superintendent of Highways, through the Town Clerk's office.
The application for a street closure permit shall set forth the following information:
A. 
The name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of the person or organization seeking the street closure.
B. 
The name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of the person who will be responsible for the event and street closure's conduct and completion.
C. 
The proposed date when the street closure is to be conducted.
D. 
The proposed map of the street to be closed.
E. 
The approximate number of persons and number and type of animals and vehicles to be in the event.
F. 
The application shall be filed 30 days prior to the proposed street closure.
G. 
The proposed hours when the street closure will start and terminate.
H. 
The proposed location by streets of any assembly areas and disbandment areas for any such event.
Each application for a street closure permit for a parade, road race, run, walk, or any similar activity shall set forth the following information:
A. 
The time and place of assembly.
B. 
The starting time and starting point of the parade, road race, run, walk, or any similar activity.
C. 
The map showing the route of travel and portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied by the parade, road race, run, walk, or any similar activity.
D. 
The termination point and place of disbandment.
The Superintendent of Highways shall issue a street closure permit when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he or she finds that:
A. 
The conduct of the event and closure will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other pedestrian and vehicular traffic at or contiguous to the route, assembly and disbandment areas of the event.
B. 
The event is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously.
C. 
The event is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising any commercial product, goods or event and is not designed to be held purely for private profit.
D. 
A sufficient number of police officers are available to adequately protect both observers and participants, to direct traffic and to provide reasonable protection to the remainder of the Town.
E. 
If the event creates the need for overtime expenditures by the Highway Department, the Department of Public Works or the Police Department, the applicant will be advised of the monetary amount of the necessary employee overtime costs, which shall be paid by the applicant prior to the issuance of the street closure permit.
The Superintendent of Highways, in denying an application for a street closure permit, may authorize the conduct of the event on a date, at a time or over a route different from that named by the applicant in the interest of facilitating crowd control, relieving congestion and promoting public safety, provided that the applicant's right of free speech is not denied thereby.
A. 
A permittee shall comply with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances.
B. 
Possession of permit. The event chairperson shall carry the parade permit upon his or her person during the event.
C. 
Parking in the event or route area. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street constituting a part of the event area or route or as necessary to facilitate pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the 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 unposted in violation of this section.
D. 
The Superintendent of Highways shall have the authority to revoke a parade permit upon application of the standards for issuance of such permit.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the temporary closure of a street during an emergency, for public safety or for road maintenance or repair.
If the Superintendent of Highways is unable to act, the Department of Public Works or the Chief of Police is authorized to issue the street closure permit.