[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Atlantic
City 10-23-1991 by Ord. No. 80-1991.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Art. I, Assembling
and Parading, adopted 12-6-1923 by Ord. No. 66-1923, as amended, and
superseded former Art. II, Masks and Hidden Identity, adopted 12-6-1923
by Ord. No. 67-1923, as amended.
The following words, as used herein, shall have the definitions
and meanings set forth herein:
An organized procession containing 10 or more vehicles, except
funeral processions, upon any public street, boardwalk, sidewalk or
alley.
Any march or procession consisting of 25 or more people and
animals or vehicles, or combination thereof, except funeral processions,
upon any public street, boardwalk, sidewalk or alley, which does not
comply with normal and usual traffic regulations or controls.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a parade or
motorcade in or upon any public street, boardwalk, sidewalk or alley
in the city or knowingly participate in any such parade or motorcade
unless and until a permit to conduct such parade or motorcade has
been obtained from the Business Administrator or his designee or,
as is hereinafter provided, from the City Council.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
No person shall hold, conduct or engage in any parade unless
a parade permit shall have first been obtained from the Business Administrator
or his designee by the organizers of said parade or the corporate
officers of the corporation for whose benefit the parade is being
organized.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start
any parade, unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the
Business Administrator or his designee, with the exception of the
following:
A.
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application
with the Business Administrator or his designee on forms provided
by such officer.
B.
Filing period. An application for a parade permit shall be filed
with the Business Administrator or his designee not less than 30 days
nor more than 60 days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct
the parade.
C.
Contents. The application for a parade permit shall set forth the
following information:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct
such parade.
(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 heads of
such organization.
(3)
The name, address, and telephone number of the person who will be
the parade chairman and who will be responsible for its conduct.
(4)
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(5)
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination
point.
(6)
The approximate number of persons, animals and vehicles constituting
such parade; the type of animals and a description of the vehicles.
(7)
The hours when such parade will start and terminate.
(8)
The location by streets of any assembly area or areas for such parade.
(9)
The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble at any
such assembly area or areas.
(10)
Any additional information which the Business Administrator
or his designee may find reasonably necessary to a fair determination
as to whether a permit should be issued.
[Amended 9-7-2011 by Ord. No. 48-2011]
A.
There shall
be a charge of $5 for each permit issued by the Business Administrator
or his designee, which money shall be used by the city to cover the
expenses attached to the regulating and issuing of said permit.
B.
Sandcastle Stadium.
(1)
The fee schedule for the daily rental of Sandcastle Stadium is as
follows:
[Amended 3-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 6-2016; 8-17-2022 by Ord. No. 46-2022]
|
Number of Attendees
|
Cost
|
|---|---|
|
Under 1,000
|
$2,500
|
|
1,000 to 3,500
|
$3,750
|
|
3,500 to 5,000
|
$6,250
|
(2)
Additional seating. For infield seating, plus field covering (tarp):
$3,000; plus 10% of ticket sales or 25% of live gate; insurance (based
on type of event); plus cost of Police, Public Works.
(3)
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) will pay 50% of rental fees with Council
approval.
(4)
The Business Administrator shall have the discretion to reduce all
fees associated with renting Sandcastle Stadium.
[Added 7-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 17-2018]
(5)
The fee schedule shall also be used for special events.
[Added 8-17-2022 by Ord. No. 46-2022]
The Business Administrator or his designee shall issue a permit
as provided for hereunder unless, from a consideration of the application
and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he/she
finds that:
A.
The conduct of the parade will substantially interrupt the safe and
orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
B.
The conduct of the parade will require the diversion of so great
a number of police officers of the city to properly police the line
of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal
police protection to the city.
C.
The conduct of such parade will 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.
D.
The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points
of the parade will 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 interfere with the movement of fire-fighting
equipment en route to a fire.
F.
The parade is not scheduled to move from its point of origin to its
point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays
en route.
G.
The parade is to be held for the sole purpose of advertising any
product, goods or event, and is designed to be held purely for private
profit.
[Amended 10-18-2017 by Ord. No. 28-2017]
A.
No parade
demonstration or assembly participants or attendees shall be permitted
to carry or conceal any items characterized as weapons under the New
Jersey Criminal Code, including, but not limited to, handguns, knives,
sticks, rocks, aerosol sprays of any kind, brass knuckles or martial
arts equipment, riot gear, or body armor.
B.
Only persons authorized by New Jersey law to carry concealed and nonconcealed weapons are exempted from the provisions of Subsection A.
C.
Incendiary
devices are prohibited for use during parades, assemblies and demonstrations,
with the exception of wax candles with a maximum size of one inch
in diameter and a maximum length of eight inches. Incendiary devices
in any form are specifically prohibited for parade, assemblies and
demonstrations on the Boardwalk.
D.
Parade,
demonstration or assembly participants and attendees are prohibited
from carrying glass or plastic bottles during the assembly. The use
of plastic or paper cups for liquids is permitted.
The Business Administrator or his designee shall act upon the
application for a parade permit within 10 days after the filing thereof.
If the Business Administrator or his designee disapproves of the application,
he/she shall mail the applicant within 15 days after the date upon
which the application was filed a notice of his action, stating the
reasons for his/her denial of the permit.
Any applicant aggrieved by the determination of the Business
Administrator or his designee may appeal in writing to the City Council
within five days after the date of the mailing of the notice of disapproval
to the applicant by the Business Administrator or his designee. The
City Council shall act upon any such appeal within 10 days after its
receipt of the notice of such appeal.
The Business Administrator or his designee, in denying an application
for a 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 Business
Administrator or his designee, file a written notice of acceptance
with the Business Administrator or his designee. An alternate parade
permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect
of, a parade permit under this chapter.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the Business
Administrator or his designee shall send a copy thereof to the following:
A.
The Mayor.
B.
The Clerk's office/City Council.
C.
The Business Administrator.
D.
The Fire Chief.
E.
The Chief of Police.
F.
The Public Relations office.
G.
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.
A.
Possession of permit. 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.
B.
Compliance with applicable ordinances. The issuance of a permit shall not void or waive compliance with any and all applicable ordinances of the City of Atlantic City, including, without limitation, § 121-28 of the Code of the City of Atlantic City.
C.
Permittees
must ensure that all flags, banners and signs are to be handheld only.
Prop devices such as pipes, sticks or boards are prohibited. Participants
are permitted to have small handheld flags not to exceed 1/4 inch
in diameter with flag dimensions not to exceed 18 inches by 18 inches.
[Added 10-18-2017 by Ord.
No. 28-2017]
D.
Musical ensembles participating in a parade or assembly are exempt from the provisions of Subsection C. Musical ensembles are required to secure their instruments and displays immediately following the parade or assembly.
[Added 10-18-2017 by Ord.
No. 28-2017]
E.
Permittees
are to ensure that any and all motorized vehicles participating in
a parade or assembly on the Boardwalk must be equipped with a governor
to control speed not to exceed five miles per hour.
[Added 10-18-2017 by Ord.
No. 28-2017]
A.
Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct or impede
or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person,
vehicle or animal participating or used in a parade.
B.
Driving through parades. 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.
C.
Parking on parade route. The Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police shall post signs to such effect,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended
any vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for parking
on a street unposted in violation of this chapter.
The Business Administrator or his designee shall have the authority
to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon violation of the standards
for issuance as herein set forth.
[Amended 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104]
Any person or persons who violates any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding
$2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
