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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339', '§ 339']

City of Clifton, NJ Parades
§ 339-1 Definitions.
§ 339-2 Permit required; exceptions.
§ 339-3 Application for permit.
§ 339-4 Standards for issuance.
§ 339-5 Time limits for action on application.
§ 339-6 Alternate permit.
§ 339-7 Notice of issuance.
§ 339-8 Contents of permit.
§ 339-9 Duties of permittee.
§ 339-10 Public conduct during parade.
§ 339-11 Revocation of permit.
§ 339-12 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 339 Parades
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the City of Clifton 10-6-1970 by Ord. No. 4010-70 (Chapter 22A of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Clifton, New Jersey, 1960). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Chief of Police of the City of Clifton.
The City of Clifton.
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or procession of any kind, or any similar display, in or upon any street, park or other public place in the City.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any parade, unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the Chief of Police, with the exception of the following:
Filing period.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
An application for a parade permit which requires any street closures shall be filed with the City Manager/Director of Public Safety not fewer than 72 hours before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
An application for a parade permit which does not require street closures shall be filed with the City Manager/Director of Public Safety not fewer than 48 hours before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
The approximate number of persons who, and animals and vehicles which, will constitute such parade; the type of animals and description of the vehicles.
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 Chief of Police a communication in writing from the person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his behalf.
Any additional information which the City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall find reasonably necessary with regard to the health, safety and welfare of the participants of the parade or the citizens of Clifton to make a determination as to whether a permit should be issued.
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall have the authority to consider any application hereunder which is filed less than the required waiting period before the date such parade is proposed to be conducted. The City Manager/Director of Public Safety or his representative will promptly determine if, with regard to health, safety and general welfare, a parade permit should be granted.
There shall be paid at the time of filing the application for a parade permit a fee of $30; provided, however, that the Municipal Council, by resolution, through application by the person requesting a refund, may authorize the refund of such fee when the applicant is a nonprofit, religious, fraternal, civic, veteran or charitable organization located in the City of Clifton and rendering services to the residents of the City of Clifton, or proves indigency status.
The applicant shall also file with the City Clerk a surety bond from a surety company licensed to conduct business in the State of New Jersey, and approved as to form and surety by the Law Department of the City of Clifton in the amount of $2,500. The bond shall be posted to ensure that the costs of police protection and cleanup relating to the parade are covered. In lieu of the aforementioned surety bond, the applicant may place $2,500 in escrow with the City of Clifton in the form of a bank or certified check.
[Added 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 5699-94]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, applications for parade permits shall be date and time stamped. Should an application previously filed be pending, no action will be taken on any subsequent applications until the first application is addressed. Applications will be reached in the order of filing.
[Added 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 5699-94; amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall issue a permit as provided for hereunder when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he finds that:
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.
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.
The concentration of persons, animals 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.
The parade is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising any product, goods or event and is not designated to be held purely for private profit.
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall act upon the application for parade permit within 24 hours after the filing thereof. If the City Manager/Director of Public Safety disapproves of the application, he shall immediately notify the applicant within 24 hours after the date upon which the application was filed. The City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall state the reasons for his denial of the permit.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 5744-95;[1] 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 5756-95]
The City Manager/Director of Public Safety, in denying an application for a parade 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 24 hours after notice of the action of the City Manager/Director of Public Safety, file a written notice of acceptance with the City Manager/Director of Public Safety. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit.
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former § 339-6, Appeals of denials; it renumbered former §§ 339-7 through 339-13 as §§ 339-6 through 339-12, respectively.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall send a copy thereof to the following:
Such other information as the City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall find necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
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.
Parking on parade route. The City Manager/Director of Public Safety 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 City Manager/Director of Public Safety 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 City Manager/Director of Public Safety shall have the authority to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder upon there being material differences in the application for a parade permit and the actual event but solely if those differences could effect the health, safety and general welfare of the participants of the parade and/or the citizens of Clifton.
Any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of the following:
A fine not exceeding $1,000.
Confinement in the municipal jail or in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
The minimum penalty or fine for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be $100.
In addition to the foregoing fines or penalties, any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter within one year of the date of a previous violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to be sentenced to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine shall not be less than the minimum nor exceed the maximum fine as set forth above and shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for a violation of the provisions of this chapter.