[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Trenton 9-7-1967
as § 3-14 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall engage in, form or start any parade in the City without
obtaining a permit from the Police Director. For the purpose of this chapter,
a parade shall mean any assemblage of 25 or more persons engaged in an organized
procession of any duration along a public street or highway, following a certain
route, whether predetermined or not. No permit shall be issued to permit a
parade prior to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, except in connection with a religious
procession.
this chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Application. A person seeking issuance of a parade permit
shall file an application with the Police Director on forms provided by such
officer.
B.
Filing period. An application for a parade permit shall
be filed with the Police Director not less than five days nor more than 10
days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
C.
Contents. The application for a parade shall set forth
the following information:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of the person
who will be the parade Chairperson and who will be responsible for its conduct.
(2)
If the parade is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf
of or by an organization, the name, address and telephone number of the headquarters
of the organization and of the authorized and responsible head of such organization.
(3)
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(4)
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the
termination point.
(5)
The approximate number of persons who, and animals and
vehicles which, will constitute such parade; the type of animals; and description
of the vehicles.
(6)
The hours when such parade will start and terminate.
(7)
The location by streets of any assembly areas for such
parade.
(8)
Any additional information which the Police Director
shall find reasonably necessary for a fair determination as to whether a permit
should be issued.
D.
Late applications. The Police Director, where good cause
is shown therefor, shall have the authority to consider any application hereunder
which is filed less than five days before the date the parade is proposed
to be conducted.
E.
Fee. There shall be paid at the time of filing the application
for a parade permit a fee of $5.
The Police Director shall act upon the application for a parade permit
within three days after the filing thereof.
A.
Notice of rejection. If the Police Director disapproves
the application, (s)he shall mail to the applicant, within three days after
the date upon which the application was filed, a notice of the action, stating
the reasons for denial of the permit.
B.
Alternative permit. The Police Director, 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, within
one day after notice of the action of the Police Director, shall file a written
notice of acceptance with the Police Director. An alternate parade permit
shall conform to the requirements of and shall have the effect of a parade
permit under this chapter.
A permittee hereunder shall comply with all permit directions and conditions
and with all applicable laws and ordinances. The parade Chairperson or other
person heading or leading such activity shall carry the parade permit upon
his/her person during the conduct of the parade.
No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede or interfere with
any parade or parade assembly, or with any person, vehicle or animal participating
or used in a parade.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising
a parade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously
designated as a parade.
The Police Director shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary,
to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof
constituting a part of the route of a parade. The Police Director shall post
signs to this effect, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave
unattended any vehicle in violation thereof.
