[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Brockport 11-2-1970. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No procession or parade containing 10 or more vehicles or 20
or more persons not riding in vehicles shall occupy, march or proceed
along any highway, at any time, unless a license to do so at that
time has been obtained from the Village Clerk. No person shall take
part in, aid, form or start any such procession or parade unless a
license for said procession or parade has been issued by the Village
Clerk, and no person shall take part in any procession or parade which
is proceeding in a manner not in accordance with the terms of such
license.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Processions or parades when all persons taking part therein are policemen,
firemen, members of the armed forces of the United States or of the
State of New York, or veterans of such forces, or officials of governmental
units.
B.
Processions or parades declared by resolution of the Board of Trustees
to be a part of official Village ceremonies.
C.
Students going to and from school classes or participating in school
activities, provided such conduct is under the immediate direction
and supervision of the proper school authorities.
Upon application duly made not less than seven days (not counting
holidays or Sundays) prior to the proposed date of the procession
or parade, in such form as the Village Clerk shall require, and payment
of the required fee, a license for the procession or parade shall
be issued by the Village Clerk five days (not counting holidays or
Sundays) after the application is made unless:
A.
The procession or parade for which a license is sought would conflict
with another procession or parade for which a license is to be or
has been issued, and for which application was made previous to the
application to be rejected.
B.
The procession or parade would conflict with a procession or parade
to which this chapter does not apply.
C.
The Mayor or Chief of Police shall advise the Village Clerk that
the procession or parade for which a license is sought would endanger
the public health or safety, or would be detrimental to the public
welfare.
D.
The procession or parade is to be held for the purpose of advertising
any commercial product, goods or event, or is designated purely for
private profit.
The Village Clerk shall promptly mail written notice to the
Mayor and the Chief of Police of any and all applications for licenses
under this chapter. If advised by either official that the procession
or parade for which license is sought would endanger public health
or safety, or be detrimental to the public welfare, the Village Clerk
shall promptly notify the members of the Board of Trustees that he
has been so advised, and shall refrain from issuing the license sought
until directed to do so by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
Each license issued under this chapter shall specify the names
of the organizations participating, the name of the person (or, if
a committee without chairman, the names of the members of the committee)
chiefly responsible for the marshaling and organization of the procession
or parade, the highways through which it may move, how much of these
highways in width it may occupy, and the hours during which it may
proceed.
No person shall drive any vehicle between the vehicles or persons
comprising a procession or parade proceeding in accordance with the
terms of a license therefor duly issued by the Village Clerk when
such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated
as a procession or parade, nor shall any person unreasonably hamper,
obstruct or impede or interfere with any person, vehicle or animal
participating or used in such a procession or parade.
The Chief of Police shall have the authority to prohibit or
restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting
a part of the route of a procession or parade, and to cause signs
to such effect to be posted, and it shall be unlawful and a violation
of the chapter for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle
upon any highway or portion thereof in violation of prohibitions so
posted along said highway or portion thereof.
[Amended 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be
subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
This chapter shall take effect December 1, 1970.
