[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City
of Union City by Ord. No. 1997-20 (§ 4-9 of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances),
as amended through Ord. No. 2000-16. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. 155.
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, sidewalk or alley.
Any procession or march intended to proceed along any street
or in any public place in an orderly fashion.
A.
Required. No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or
start any parade unless a parade permit shall have first been obtained
from the Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee.
B.
Exceptions.
(1)
Funeral processions.
(2)
Students going to and from school classes or participating in educational
activities, provided that such conduct is under the immediate direction
and supervision of the proper school authorities.
(3)
Any procession or parade of any body of police or firefighters of
the City, militia of the state or troops of the United State of America.
(4)
Any parade planned and sponsored by the City.
A.
Filing with Director of Public Safety. A person seeking issuance
of a parade permit shall file an application with the Director of
Public Safety, or his/her designee, on forms provided by the Director.
B.
Filing period. An application for a parade permit shall be filed
with the Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, not less
than 30 days before the proposed date of the parade.
C.
Contents of application.
(1)
The
application for parade permit shall set forth the following information:
(a)
The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking
to conduct such parade.
(b)
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.
(c)
The name, address, and telephone number of the person who will
be the parade chairperson and who will be responsible for its conduct.
(d)
The date when the parade is to be conducted.
(e)
The route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination
point.
(f)
The approximate number of persons, animals, vehicles and floats
which will constitute such parade and a description of the vehicles
and floats.
(g)
The hours when such parade will start and terminate.
(h)
A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all or only
a portion of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
(i)
The location by streets of any assembly areas for such parade
and of any stages or reviewing stands to be used by parade participants
or parade spectators.
(j)
The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble
at any such assembly area or areas.
(k)
The interval of space to be maintained between units of such
parade.
(l)
If the parade is designed to be held by, and on behalf of or
for any person other than the applicant, the applicant for such permit
shall file with the Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee,
a communication, in writing, from the person proposing to hold the
parade, authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his/her
behalf.
(m)
Any additional information with the Director, or his/her designee,
shall find reasonably necessary with regard to the health, safety
and welfare of the participants of the parade or the citizens of the
City to make a determination as to whether a permit should be issued.
D.
Date and time stamped. Applications for permits shall be date and
time stamped. Applications will be reached in order of filing.
There shall be a fee as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.
The Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, shall issue
a permit as provided for hereunder when (s)he finds that:
A.
The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe
and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
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 line
of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal
police protection to the City.
C.
The concentration of persons and vehicles at assembly points of the
parade will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection
of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas.
D.
The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of
fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
E.
The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point
of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
F.
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; provided, however, that the prohibition against
advertising any product, goods or event shall not apply to signs identifying
organizations or sponsors furnishing or sponsoring floats or transportation
for the parade.
The Director of Public Safety, or his/her designee, shall act
upon the application for a parade permit within 72 hours after the
filing thereof. If the Director, or his/her designee, disapproves
of the application, (s)he shall immediately notify the applicant within
24 hours after the date upon which the application was filed. The
Director, or his/her designee, shall state the reasons for the denial
of the permit.
The Director, or his/her 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 alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements
of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the Director,
or his/her designee, shall send a copy thereof to the following:
Each parade permit shall state the following information:
A.
The date of the parade.
B.
The parade route.
C.
The starting time.
D.
The ending time.
E.
The maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units
of the parade.
F.
The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied
by the parade.
G.
The number of persons, motor vehicles and floats that will be in
the parade.
H.
Such other information as the Director, or his/her designee, shall
find necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
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.
A.
Interference. 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.
B.
Driving through parades. No driver of a vehicle, streetcar or trackless
trolley 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 Director, or his/her designee, shall
have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit or restrict
the parking of vehicles along a street or part thereof constituting
a part of the route of a parade. The Director, or his/her designee,
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 not posted in violation
of this chapter.
The Director, or his/her designee, shall have the authority
to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon his/her determination
that there are material differences between the conditions set forth
in the application and the conditions of the actual parade which adversely
effect the ability of law enforcement and fire-fighting personnel
to protect the public safety and welfare.
