No procession or parade containing 10 or more vehicles or 20 or more
persons not riding in vehicles shall occupy, march or proceed along any highway
at any time unless a license to do so 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 license 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 license.
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 officials of governmental units.
B. Processions or parades declared by resolution of the
Board of Trustees to be a part of official village ceremonies.
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 duly made not less than seven days, not counting holidays
or Sundays, prior to the proposed date of the procession or parade in such
form as the Village Clerk shall require and payment of the required fee, a
license for the procession or parade shall be issued by the Village Clerk
five days, not counting holidays or Sundays, after the application is made
unless:
A. The procession or parade for which a license is sought
would conflict with another procession or parade for which a license is to
be or has been issued, and for which application was made previous to the
application to be rejected.
B. The procession or parade would conflict with a procession
or parade to which this chapter does not apply.
C. The Mayor or the Commissioner of Police and Public Welfare
shall advise the Village Clerk that the procession or parade for which a license
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 designated purely
for private profit.
The Village Clerk shall promptly mail written notice to the Mayor and
the Commissioner of Police and Public Safety of any and all applications for
licenses under this chapter. If advised by either official that the procession
or parade for which license is sought would endanger public health or safety
or 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 license sought until directed to do so by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
Each license 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 license
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 or impede or interfere with
any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in such a procession or
parade.
The Commissioner of Police and Public Welfare 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 the
ordinance 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.
[Added 6-6-1985 by L.L. No. 4-1985]
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250.