[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose 11-27-1978 by L.L. No. 9-1978.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
No procession or parade shall be allowed in the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose at any time along any highway or street unless a permit for such
procession or parade at that time has been obtained from the Village Clerk.
No person shall take part in, aid, form or start any such procession or parade
unless a permit for said procession or parade has been issued by the Village
Clerk, and no person shall take part in any procession or parade which is
proceeding in a manner not in accordance with the terms of such permit.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Processions or parades when all persons taking part therein
are policemen, firemen, members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
of the State of New York or veterans of such forces or officials of governmental
units.
B.
Processions or parades declared by resolution of the
Board of Trustees to be a part of official village ceremonies or to be sponsored
by the village.
C.
Students going to and from school classes or participating
in school activities, provided that such conduct is under the immediate direction
and supervision of the proper school authorities.
Upon application in such form as the Village Clerk shall require, duly
made not less than seven days, not counting holidays or Sundays, prior to
the proposed date of the procession or parade, a permit for the procession
or parade shall be issued by the Village Clerk within five days, not counting
holidays or Sundays, after the application is made, unless:
A.
The procession or parade for which a permit is sought
would conflict with another procession or parade for which a permit is to
be or has been issued and for which application was made previous to the subject
application.
B.
The procession or parade would conflict with a procession
or parade to which this chapter does not apply.
C.
The Mayor or Police Commissioner shall advise the Village
Clerk that the procession or parade for which a permit is sought would endanger
the public health or safety or would be detrimental to the public welfare.
D.
The procession or parade is to be held for the purpose
of advertising any commercial product, goods or event or is designed purely
for private profit.
The Village Clerk shall promptly mail written notice to the Mayor and
Police Commissioner of any and all applications for permits under this chapter.
If advised by either official that the procession or parade for which a permit
is sought would endanger public health or safety or would be detrimental to
the public welfare, the Village Clerk shall promptly notify the members of
the Board of Trustees that he has been so advised and shall refrain from issuing
the permit sought until directed to do so by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
Each permit issued under this chapter shall specify the names of the
organizations participating, the name of the person or, if a committee without
a chairman, the names of the members of the committee chiefly responsible
for the marshaling and organization of the procession or parade, the highways
through which it may move, how much of these highways in width it may occupy
and the hours during which it may proceed.
No person shall drive any vehicle between the vehicles or persons comprising
a procession or parade proceeding in accordance with the terms of a permit
therefor duly issued by the Village Clerk when such vehicles or persons are
in motion and are conspicuously designated as a procession or parade, nor
shall any person unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede or interfere with any
person, vehicle or animal participating or used in such a procession or parade.
The Police Commissioner shall have the authority to prohibit or restrict
the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting a part
of the route of a procession or parade and to cause signs to such effect to
be posted, and it shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any
person to park or leave unattended any vehicle upon any highway or portion
thereof in violation of prohibitions so posted along said highway or portion
thereof.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200
or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 10 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, and shall be declared to be and shall be a disorderly person.
