This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Parade Ordinance
of the Town of Rocky Hill."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
MOTORCADE
An organized procession containing 20 or more vehicles upon any public
street, sidewalk or alley.
PARADE
Any parade, march, ceremony, demonstration, rally, show, exhibition,
pageant or procession of any kind, or any similar display, in or upon any
street, park or other public place in the Town.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company
or organization of any kind.
TOWN
The Town of Rocky Hill.
The Chief of Police shall issue a permit as provided for hereunder 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 or motorcade will not substantially
interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its
route.
B. The conduct of the parade or motorcade will not require
the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the Town to properly
police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent
normal police protection to the Town.
C. The conduct of such parade or motorcade will not require
the diversion of so great a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance
service to portions of the Town 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 or motorcade 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 or motorcade 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 or motorcade is scheduled to move from its
point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable
delays en route.
H. The parade or motorcade is not to be held for the sole
purpose of advertising any product, goods or event and is not designed to
be held purely for private profit.
The Chief of Police shall act upon the application for a permit within
seven days after the filing thereof. If the Chief of Police disapproves the
application, he shall mail to the applicant, within seven days after the date
upon which the application was filed, a notice of his action, stating the
reasons for his denial of the permit.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a
permit to the Town Manager. The appeal shall be taken within 15 days after
the aforementioned notice. The Town Manager shall act upon the appeal within
15 days after its receipt.
The Chief of Police, in denying an application for a permit, shall be
empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade or motorcade 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 10 days after notice
of the action of the Chief of Police, file a written notice of acceptance
with the Chief of Police. An alternate permit shall conform to the requirements
of and shall have the effect of a permit under this chapter.
Immediately upon the issuance of a permit, the Chief of Police shall
send a copy to the following:
D. The Director of Highways and Engineering.
F. The general manager or responsible head of each public
transportation utility, the regular routes of whose vehicles will be affected
by the route of the proposed parade or motorcade.
Each permit shall state the following information:
D. The maximum intervals of space to be maintained between
the units of parade or motorcade.
E. The portions of the streets to be traversed that may
be occupied by the parade or motorcade.
F. The maximum length of the parade or motorcade in miles
or fractions thereof.
G. Such other information as the Chief of Police shall find
necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve the permittee hereunder from
complying with all other state or local statutes, rules or regulations pertaining
to parades or motorcades. When applicable, the permittee shall obtain a state
permit. Failure of the permittee to obtain a state permit when applicable
shall be grounds for rejection of this application or revocation of a permit
issued hereunder.
The Chief of Police shall have the authority to revoke a permit issued
hereunder upon application of the standards for issuance as herein set forth.
[Amended 1-6-1992 by Ord.
No. 171-92]
Every person, except persons who are specifically exempt by this chapter,
who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished
by a fine of $25 per day, each day's continued violation constituting a separate
offense.