[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Coloma 6-30-1994 as Title 7, Ch.
10, of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, motorcade
or procession of any kind or similar display in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the Village.[1]
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
A.
Permit required. No person shall engage in, participate in, aid,
form or start any parade unless a parade permit shall have been obtained
from the Village Board.
B.
Application. A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file
a written application with the Clerk/Treasurer.
C.
Filing date. A written application for a parade permit shall be filed
with the Clerk/Treasurer not less than 30 days before the date on
which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
D.
Contents. The application for a parade permit shall set forth the
following information:
(1)
The true and correct name, address and telephone number of the person
seeking to conduct the parade.
(2)
If a parade is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf of or by any
organization, the true and correct name, address and telephone number
of the headquarters of the organization and of the authorized and
responsible heads of such organization.
(3)
The true and correct name, address and telephone number of the person
to be in charge of and responsible for its conduct.
(4)
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(5)
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination
point.
(6)
The approximate number of persons, animals, vehicles, signs, banners
and flags which will be in the parade; the type of animals, description
of vehicles, signs, banners and flags.
(7)
The hours when the parade will start and terminate.
(8)
A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all or only a portion
of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
(9)
The location by streets of any assembly areas for the parade.
(10)
The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble
at any such assembly area or areas.
(11)
The interval of space to be maintained between units of the
parade.
(12)
If the parade is designed to be held by and on behalf of or
for any person other than the applicant, the applicant for such permit
shall file with the Clerk/Treasurer a communication, in writing, from
the person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing the applicant
to apply for the permit on his/her behalf.
(13)
Any additional information which the Village Board shall find
reasonably necessary for a fair determination as to whether a permit
shall be issued.
E.
Fee. There shall be paid at the time of filing the application for
a parade permit a fee of $25. The Village Board shall have authority
to waive the fee for a parade permit.
A.
Standards for issuance. The Village Board shall direct the Clerk/Treasurer
to issue a permit as provided for hereunder when, from a consideration
of the application and from such other information as may otherwise
be obtained, the Village Board finds that:
(1)
The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe
and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
(2)
The conduct of the parade 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.
(3)
The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points
of the parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police
protection of or ambulance service to areas contiguous to such assembly
area.
(4)
The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of
firefighting or fire rescue equipment en route to an emergency or
fire.
(5)
The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely to cause injury
to person or property, to provoke disorderly conduct or create disturbances
or incite a riot.
(6)
The parade is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any product, goods or event and is designed to be held purely for
private profit.
(7)
That no other parade permit has been issued for conducting any other
parade at the same time within the Village.
B.
Notice of rejection. The Village Board shall act upon the application
for a parade permit within 30 days after the filing thereof. If the
Village Board rejects the application, the Village Board shall direct
the Village Clerk-Treasurer to mail to the applicant, within five
days after the date upon which the application was disapproved, a
notice of its action stating the reasons for its denial of the permit.[1]
C.
Alternative permit. The Village Board in denying an application for
a parade permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the
parade on a date at a time or over a route different from that named
by the applicant. An applicant deciding to accept an alternate permit
shall, within two days, give notice of acceptance to the Clerk/Treasurer.
An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and
shall have the effect of a parade permit, under this section.
E.
Contents of permit. Each parade permit shall state the following
information:
(1)
Starting time;
(2)
Minimum speed;
(3)
Maximum speed;
(4)
Maximum interval of space to be maintained between units of the parade;
(5)
The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied
by the parade;
(6)
The maximum length of the parade in blocks or fractions thereof;
(7)
The route of the parade;
(8)
Termination time;
(9)
The date of the parade; and
(10)
Such other information as the Village Board shall find necessary
to the enforcement of this chapter.
A permittee hereunder shall comply with the permit directions
and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances of the
Village of Coloma. A permittee shall also be responsible for gathering
and removing all litter and refuse resulting from the parade and discarded
along the route of the parade within 24 hours after its termination.
The parade Chairperson or other person heading or leading such
activity shall carry the parade permit upon his/her person during
the course of the parade.
A.
Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede
or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person,
vehicle or animal participating or used in the parade. No other organization
or group of persons not mentioned in the application for a parade
permit shall participate in the parade.
B.
Driving through parades. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between
vehicles or persons comprising a parade when such vehicles or persons
are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade, unless
directed by a police officer. This subsection does not apply to the
passage of authorized emergency vehicles.
The Village Board shall have the authority to revoke a parade
permit issued hereunder upon application of the standards for issuance
as herein set forth.
