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Timestamp: 2019-05-26 11:15:51
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208', '§ 208']

Town of Cortlandt, NY Parades
§ 208-2 Permit required.
§ 208-3 Permit application.
§ 208-4 Permit issuance.
§ 208-5 Time limit for decision; denial.
§ 208-7 Alternate permits.
§ 208-8 Notice to officials.
§ 208-9 Contents of permit.
§ 208-10 Duties of permittee.
§ 208-11 Interference with parade; parking on route.
§ 208-12 Revocation of permit.
§ 208-13 Penalties for offenses.
Chapter 208 Parades
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandt 4-19-1983 as Res. No. 90-83; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Chief of Police of the Town of Cortlandt.
Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, run, road race, procession or demonstration of any kind or any similar display in or upon any street, park or other public place in the town, conducted by more than twenty-five (25) persons.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any parade unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the Town Clerk.
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. This exception does not apply to parades organized by a school or anybody thereof more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to its occurrence.
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application with the Town Clerk on forms provided by the Town Clerk.
Filing period. An application for a parade permit shall be filed with the Town Clerk not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
If the parade is designed to be held by, on behalf of or for any person other than the person making the application, 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.
Late applications. The Town Clerk, where good cause is shown therefor, shall have the authority to consider any application hereunder which is filed less than ten (10) days before the date such parade is proposed to be conducted.
The application is to include submitted proof of liability insurance in an amount as set by resolution of the Town Board from time to time. Said proof of insurance shall be in the form of a certificate of insurance showing that the town is a named insured, as well as giving the town thirty (30) days' written notice of any cancellation or change. Furthermore, the sponsoring person or group shall execute a hold-harmless/indemnification agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Town Attorney, indemnifying and holding harmless the Town of Cortlandt, its agents and servants from any and all liability stemming from the issuance of a permit hereunder or any actions, active or passive, taken under the terms of any permit issued herein.
The Town Clerk, with the approval of the Town Police Chief and Highway Superintendent, 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 substantially interrupt the same and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route.
The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police protection to the town.
The parade is not designed to be held purely for private profit, which is defined herein as an individual or organization with federal, state or local tax-exemption status or a church or other religious affiliation.
The Town Clerk shall act upon the application for a parade permit within ten (10) days after the filing thereof. If the Chief of Police disapproves the application, the Clerk shall mail to the applicant, within ten (10) days after the day upon which the application was filed, a notice of the action stating the reasons for his denial of the permit.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a parade permit to the Town Board. The appeal shall be taken within five (5) days after notice. The Town Board shall act upon the appeal within fourteen (14) days after its receipt; late applications rejected under § 208-5 may be appealed as soon as the Town Board convenes.
The Town Clerk or the Chief of Police or the Highway Superintendent, 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 seven (7) days after notice of the action of the Town Clerk, file a written note of acceptance with the Town Clerk. 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 Town Clerk shall send a copy thereof to the following:
The Highway Superintendent.
Such other information as the Chief of Police or Highway Superintendent shall find necessary to the enforcement of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or up to fifteen (15) days in jail or by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.). Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.