[Amended 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 20-057]
A. Processions or parades on Sunday are prohibited, except processions
or parades of persons participating in some special public ceremony
or proceeding to or returning from some place of burial or to or from
some place of worship in connection with a religious service then
being celebrated, and in such cases there shall be no music played
except with the consent of the Chief of Police.
B. It shall be lawful for any body of the United States Army or Navy,
the New Jersey National Guard, the Police or Division of Fire, the
Grand Army of the Republic or other veteran organizations to parade
in any public street on Sunday and to play music while in such parade
or while proceeding to or returning from any place of burial.
C. In no case on Sunday shall music be played within 300 feet of any
church or place of religious worship.
It shall be unlawful for any person participating in any procession
or parade to cover his face, wholly or in part, for concealment or
disguise; provided, however, that persons may mask or disguise to
hide their identities in Halloween celebrations or in other general
public celebrations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, molest or interfere
in any manner with any procession or parade lawfully in progress.
Whenever in the opinion of the Chief of Police the granting of a permit for any procession or parade will result in public disorder or riot or unduly interfere with traffic or the public convenience, he shall refuse to issue a permit therefor. Whenever the Chief of Police has refused to issue a permit for a procession or parade, the applicant may appeal from such determination in accordance to Chapter
285, Licenses and Permits, of the Code of the Township of Hamilton.