No person shall organize or participate in a parade that may disrupt or interfere with traffic without obtaining a permit. A permit shall always be required of a procession of people using the public right-of-way and consisting of 10 or more persons or six or more vehicles.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 30)
A. 
Application for parade permits shall be made to the chief of police at least 10 days prior to the intended date of the parade, unless the time is waived by him or her.
B. 
Applications shall include the following information:
1. 
The name and address of the person responsible for the proposed parade.
2. 
The date of the proposed parade.
3. 
The desired route, including assembling points.
4. 
The number of persons, vehicles and animals that will be participating in the parade and the number of clean-up personnel. It shall be the responsibility of applicants to ensure the parade route is cleaned of any debris after the parade.
5. 
The proposed starting and ending time.
C. 
The application shall be signed by the person designated as chairperson.
D. 
The chief of police shall issue a parade permit conditioned on the applicant's written agreement to comply with the terms of the permit unless the chief of police finds that:
1. 
The time, route and size of the parade will disrupt the movement of other traffic to an unreasonable extent.
2. 
The parade is of a size or nature that requires the diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police the line of movement and contiguous areas that allowing the parade would deny reasonable police protection to the city.
3. 
The parade will interfere with another parade for which a permit has already been issued.
4. 
Information contained in the application is found to be false or a material detail is omitted.
5. 
The applicant refuses to agree to abide by or comply with all conditions of the permit.
E. 
If one or more of the conditions listed in subsection (D) of this section, other than subsection (D)(5) of this section, exists, the chief of police may impose reasonable conditions in the permit, including but not limited to:
1. 
Requiring an alternate date.
2. 
Requiring an alternate route.
3. 
Restricting the size of the parade.
F. 
The chief of police shall notify the applicant of the decision within five days after receipt of the application.
G. 
If the chief of police proposes alternatives or refuses to issue a permit, the applicant shall have the right to appeal the decision to the council.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 31; Ord. 85-108-O § 1)
A. 
An applicant may appeal the decision of the chief of police by filing a written request of appeal with the city recorder within five days after the chief of police has proposed alternatives or refused to issue a permit.
B. 
The council shall schedule a hearing date, which shall not be later than the second regular session following the filing of the written appeal with the city recorder, and shall notify the applicant of the date and time that he or she may appear either in person or by a representative.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 32)
A. 
No person shall unreasonably interfere with a parade or parade participant.
B. 
No person shall operate a vehicle that is not part of a parade between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 33)
The chief of police may revoke a parade permit if circumstances clearly show that the parade can no longer be conducted consistent with public safety.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 34)
A. 
No permit shall be required for a funeral procession.
B. 
A funeral procession shall proceed to the place of interment by the most direct route that is both legal and practicable.
C. 
The procession shall be accompanied by adequate escort vehicles for traffic control purposes.
D. 
All motor vehicles in the procession shall be operated with their lights turned on.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 35)