A. An application for a parade permit shall be made to the chief of police on a form approved by the chief of police no less than 30 days before the proposed date of the parade. The application shall contain the following information:
1. The name of the applicant, the sponsoring organization, the parade leader, and the address and telephone numbers of each;
2. The date of the proposed parade, the location of the assembly area and disbanding area, the route to be traveled and the approximate times of day that the parade will assemble, start and terminate;
3. A description of the individual floats, marching units, vehicles and bands, including a description of any sound amplification equipment to be used;
4. Evidence that the state has approved the parade or that the state's approval is not required;
5. Evidence that a municipal noise permit has been obtained or that such a permit is not required;
6. Such other information pertaining to the place, duration, time and manner of the parade as the chief of police may deem necessary.
B. The chief of police shall grant the application for a parade permit if the chief finds that the application was timely filed, and:
1. The time, route, duration, size or nature of the parade will not disrupt unreasonably the movement of other traffic;
2. The time, size, route, nature or duration of the parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers to insure the public safety and welfare as to unreasonably burden the municipal police capability;
3. The parade will not interfere with another parade for which a permit has already been issued;
4. The applicant has obtained necessary state or municipal permits for the parade; and
5. The information contained in the application is correct and accurate in all material details.
C. The chief of police shall notify the applicant of the decision to grant or deny the application for a parade permit not less than seven days after the application was received by the chief of police. The chief of police shall state in writing the reasons for the decision to deny an application for a parade permit.
D. The chief of police may issue a parade permit upon shorter notice than that which is required by subsections
A and
C of this section upon a finding that the subject matter of the parade is such that its purpose would be frustrated by delay and that the applicant has otherwise met all of the requirements for a parade permit provided by law.
(AR No. 79-226; AO No. 80-79; AO No. 82-136(S); AO No. 2011-113(S), § 175, 11-22-2011, eff. 12-22-2011)