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Ordinance - 1006ORDINANCE NO. 1006 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL • CODE BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARADES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 1 of Article III of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Part 7 consisting of Sections 3195 to 3195.10, inclusive, reading as follows: PART 7 - PARADES 3195. DEFINITIONS. (1) 'Parade' is any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, caravan, motorcade, or procession of any kind, or any similar display, in or upon any street, park",. or other public place in the City. (2) 'Parade Permit' is a permit as required by this Part. • 3195.1. PARADE PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form, or start any parade, unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the City Council. (1) Exceptions. This Part shall not apply to: (a) funeral processions; (b) students going to and from school classes or participating in educational activities, providing such conduct is under the immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities; (c) a governmental agency acting within the scope of its functions. 3195.2. APPLICATION. A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application with the City Clerk on forms provided by such officer. (1) Filing Period. An application for a parade permit shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than fifteen days nor more than four months before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade. (2) Contents. The application for a 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 organi- zation, 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 chairman 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 who, and animals and vehicles which, will constitute such parade; the type of animals, and description of the vehicles; (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; (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; (1) If the paradd 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 City Clerk a communication in writing from the person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing the applicant to apply for the permit on his behalf; (m) Any additional information which the City Council shall find reasonably necessary to a fair determination as to whether a permit should be issued. (3) Late Applications. The City Council, where good cause is shown therefor, shall have the authority to consider any application hereunder which is filed less than fifteen days before the date such parade is proposed to be conducted. . (4) Application Fee. There shall be paid at the time of filing the application for a parade permit a fee of $25.00 any part of which may be refunded by the City Council.. - 2 - 3195.3. STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE. The City Council 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, it finds that: (1) The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route; (2) 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; (3) 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; (4) 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; (5) The conduct of such parade will not interfere with the movement of fire -fighting equipment enroute to a fire; (6) The conduct of the parade is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct or create a disturbance; (7) The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays enroute; (8) 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. 3195.4. NOTICE OF APPROVAL OR REJECTION. The City Council shall approve or disapprove the appli- cation for a parade permit according to the foregoing standards. If the City Council approves or disapproves the application, the City Clerk shall mail to the applicant without delay, a notice of the action, stating the reasons for denial of the permit if it is denied. 3195.5. ALTERNATIVE PERMIT. • The City Council, 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 five days after notice of - 3 - • 9 the action of the City Council, file a written notice of acceptance with the City Clerk. An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of a parade permit under, this Part. 3195.6. NOTICE TO CITY AND OTHER OFFICIALS. Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the City Clerk shall send a copy thereof to the following: (1) The City Manager; (2) The Chief of Police; (3) The Fire Chief; (4) The Director of Public Services. 3195.7. CONTENTS OF PERMIT. Each parade permit shall state the following information: (1) Starting time; (2) Minimum speed; (3) Maximum speed; (4) Maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the parade; (5) The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied by the parade; (6) The maximum length of the.:parade in miles or fractions thereof; (7) Such other directions and conditions as the City Council shall find necessary to the enforcement of this Part. (8) Amount to be paid or deposited to cover estimated expenses to the City caused by the parade. 3195.8. DUTIES OF PERMITTEE. A permittee hereunder shall comply with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances. (1) Possession of Permit. The parade chairman or other person heading or leading such activity shall carry the parade permit upon his person during the conduct of the parade. 3195.9. PUBLIC CONDUCT DURING PARADES. (1) Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct or impede, or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in a parade. - 4 - • s • (2) Driving Through Parades. No driver of a vehicle, 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. (3) Parking on Parade Route. The Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police 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 Part. 3195.10. REVOCATION OF PERMIT. The City Council or Chief of Police shall have the authority to revoke a parade permit.,issued hereunder upon violation of the standards for issuance as herein set forth, or upon failure to comply with the terms, directions, or conditions of the permit. SECTION 2. The City Clerk 'shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law. Approved and passed this llth day of STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss CITY OF WEST COVINA ) September 1967. I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1006 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of August, 1967. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the llth day of September , 1967, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Nichols, Gleckman, Snyder, Krieger. NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None �Iw City Clerk