As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PARADE
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or
procession of any kind or any similar display in or upon any street,
park or other public place.
A person holding a parade permit shall comply
with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable
laws and ordinances.
This chapter shall not apply to:
B. Students going to and from school classes or participating
in educational activities, provided that such conduct is under the
immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities.
C. A governmental agency acting within the scope of its
functions.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid,
form or start any parade without a parade permit issued by the Commissioner
of Public Safety.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
There shall be paid at the time of filing the
application for a parade permit a fee as established by the Common
Council. This fee may be waived in whole or in part by the City Manager.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall issue
a parade permit when, from a consideration of the application and
from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he finds
that:
A. The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt
the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
B. The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion
of so great a number of police officers of this municipality to properly
police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to
prevent normal police protection to this city.
C. The conduct of such parade will not require the diversion
of so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance
service to portions of this city, other than that to be occupied by
the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto.
D. The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles
at assembly points of the parade will not unduly interfere with proper
fire and police protection of or ambulance service to areas contiguous
to such assembly areas.
E. The conduct of such parade will not interfere with
the movement of fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
F. The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely
to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct
or create a disturbance.
G. The parade is scheduled to move from its point of
origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable
delays en route.
H. The parade is not to be held for the sole purpose
of advertising any product, cause, goods or events and is not designed
to be held purely for private profit.
If the Commissioner of Public Safety disapproves
the application for a parade permit, he shall mail to the applicant,
within three days after the date upon which the application was filed,
a notice of his action.
The Commissioner of Public Safety, in denying
an application for a parade permit, shall be empowered to authorize
the conduct of the parade on a date, at a time or over a route different
from that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept
an alternate permit shall, within five days after notice of the action
of the Commissioner of Public Safety, file a written notice of acceptance
with the Commissioner of Public Safety. An alternate parade permit
shall conform to the requirements of and shall have the effect of
a parade permit under this chapter.
Each parade permit shall state the following
information:
D. Maximum interval of space to be maintained between
the units of the parade.
E. The portions of the streets to be traversed that may
be occupied by the parade.
F. The maximum length of the parade in miles or fractions
thereof.
G. Such other information as the Commissioner of Public
Safety shall find necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
The parade chairman or other person heading
or leading such activity shall carry the parade permit upon his person
during the conduct of the parade.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have
the authority, after a hearing affording due process, to revoke a
parade permit issued hereunder upon application of the standards for
issuance as set forth in this chapter.