Title 12 - Traffic

 

12.16 Parades

12.16.040 Standards for Permit Issuance.

The Chief of Police or his or her designee shall approve issuance of a permit as provided for under this chapter when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he or she finds that:

  1. A.
    The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route;
  2. B.
    The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the City to properly police the parade line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police protection to the City.
  3. 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 the City other than that to be occupied by the proposed line of march and areas contiguous thereto;
  4. D.
    The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points of the parade will not interfere with adequate fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas;
  5. E.
    The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment en route to a fire;
  6. F.
    The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property;
  7. G.
    The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route;
  8. H.
    The parade 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;
  9. I.
    The course and/or time of the proposed parade does not interfere with the parade of any other person or organization who currently holds or has applied for a parade permit.

Provided the speech content of the parade shall not be a consideration in reviewing the standards for permit issuance.

(History: Ord. PAR-2077 §5, 97; PAR-408 §4, 66)

Effective on: 1/1/1901