Chapter 49 – Parades And Public Assemblies

CHAPTER 49 PARADES AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES 49.01 Definitions 49.07 Appeals Regarding Issuance or Denial of Permit 49.02 Exemptions 49.08 Revocation of Permit 49.03 Permit and Compliance Required 49.09 Sale or Assignment of Permit 49.04 Application for Permit 49.10 Fees 49.05 Standards for Issuance of Permit 49.11 Police Protection 49.06 Contents and Conditions of Permit 49.12 Penalties 49.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: 1. “Affiliated group” means a group of persons or an entity which: (i) is engaged in sports or recreation affiliated with and either sponsored or co-sponsored by the City, including (but not limited to) organized youth soccer, boys’ baseball, and girls’ softball; and (ii) has executed a memorandum of understanding with the City for the use of public property. 2. “Applicant” means a person who applies for a parade or public assembly permit as provided in this chapter. 3. “Parade” means a march or procession of more than 25 persons, vehicles, or other forms of transportation, such as bicycles, or combination thereof, in or upon the public right-of-way or in a park that necessitates or results in the exclusion, in whole or in part, of use of the public right-of-way or the park by others. 4. “Parade or public assembly permit” means written authorization by the City for use of public property, including the public right-of-way, as provided in this chapter. 5. “Park” means any park or playground owned or controlled by the City, including streets, trails, and roadways therein. 6. “Person” means any natural or corporate person, business association or other business entity, including (but not limited to) a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a political subdivision, a public or private agency of any kind, a utility, a successor or assignee of any of the foregoing, or any other legal entity. 7. “Public assembly” means any meeting, demonstration, picket line, rally, or gathering of more than 25 persons on the public right-of-way or 100 persons in a park for a common purpose as a result of prior planning that interferes with the normal flow or regulation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the public right-of-way or in a park or occupies any area in the public right- of-way or in a park. 8. “Public right-of-way” means the area on or below a public roadway, highway, street, bicycle lane, alley, and public sidewalk which is designed for vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian travel and dedicated to public use. 9. “Public sidewalk” means the improved portion of public right-of-way dedicated to and/or intended primarily for pedestrian use.