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PARADE PERMIT City of Cody Parade Information We are delighted that you are interested in coordinating a parade here in Cody. In order to make this a safe and fun-filled event for participants and observers, following are some important points and reminders to review and understand. Your parade will use a staging area located next to the Cody Chamber of Commerce facilities on 9th Street. A detailed map of the staging area is provided on the opposite side of this form. Traffic control and the closure of the necessary streets will take place at the designated locations and times listed below. Your parade will depart and proceed down the route shown on the opposite side of this form. The Parade officially starts at 9th and Sheridan Avenue and officially ends at the Sheridan Avenue and 15th Street intersection. Parade contestants will continue in formation back to the staging area via Beck Avenue until you reach the original area and then dissolve so that the groups behind you don’t get jammed up anywhere on Sheridan Avenue. There will be Cody Police and or Public Works staff stationed at each street entrance on to Sheridan Avenue. Each “side street” will be barricaded so traffic will not enter onto Sheridan Avenue. The City of Cody will provide a “lead vehicle” for the beginning of the parade and a “follow vehicle” behind the last parade entry. Approval: Final approval to have a parade will be made by the Mayor and City Council. Permit Fee: The fee for the parade is $100.00. You may ask the City Council to consider waiving this fee. Public Works Department (approve) (disapprove) Date Police Department (approve) (disapprove) Date City Council (approve) (disapprove) REQUEST INFORMATION: Date of Parade Time of Purpose of Parade Contact Person (with phone numbers) E-mail address Parade Contact Person (during the parade) ---PAGE BREAK--- 15TH STREET Staging Area ---PAGE BREAK--- Parade/Open Air Meeting Permit Who: Any responsible person or organization is eligible to obtain a permit. Purpose: Authorizes a person or organization to hold an open air meeting or parade. Duration: Each permit is good for one 24-hour day. All parades shall be held during daylight hours at times other than peak traffic periods, which are seven thirty o'clock (7:30) A.M. to nine o'clock (9:00) A.M., and four o'clock (4:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) P.M., Monday through Saturday. All open air meetings shall conclude by eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. Fee: $100 per event Limit: No limit to the number of permits which can be issued. See the Municipal code for other restrictions and regulations. Approval: The city clerk approves the permit. The Council does not have to approve the permit however, if requested, Council does have to approve waiving the fee. Process: 1. Applicant fills out a Special Use Permit Application. 2. Set up the person or business in the Business Licensing module of Caselle if they do not already have an account. 3. Enter the new permit 4. Calculate the billing on the permit 5. Post the payment to the permit 6. Print the permit stamp, sign & make a copy of the permit give the original to the applicant 7. File the application and copy of the permit in central files ---PAGE BREAK--- Chapter 6 PARADES AND OPEN AIR MEETINGS 5-6-1: DEFINITIONS: 5-6-2: PERMIT REQUIRED: 5-6-3: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; FILING; CONTENTS: 5-6-4: HOURS DURING WHICH PARADES OR OPEN AIR MEETINGS NOT TO BE HELD: 5-6-5: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 5-6-6: OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS NOT PERMITTED; EXCEPTION: 5-6-7: ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL; REAPPLICATION; TIME LIMITS: 5-6-8: CONTENTS OF PERMIT: 5-6-9: COPY OF PERMIT TO BE FURNISHED TO CITY DEPARTMENT: 5-6-10: APPLICATIONS FOR CONFLICTING ACTIVITIES; PRIORITY OF SCHEDULING; ACTION ON ACTIVITIES; LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE: 5-6-11: PERMIT FEES; WAIVER: 5-6-12: PAYMENT OF PERMIT FEE; ADVANCE PAYMENTS: 5-6-13: RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARADE SPONSOR: 5-6-14: FUNERALS AND PEACEFUL PICKETING EXEMPT FROM CHAPTER: 5-6-1: DEFINITIONS: As used in this chapter: OPEN AIR MEETING: Any congregation of citizens held outdoors and upon any alley, highway, or any public way, or on any property belonging to or under the supervision or control of the city government for the purpose of hearing speakers or discussing some matter of common interest, where the number of participants expected may reasonably be assumed to exceed ten (10) persons. The term shall include religious and political meetings. PARADE: Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or procession of any kind, including those of a religious or political nature, or any similar display in or upon any street. (Ord. 94- 6) 5-6-2: PERMIT REQUIRED: No person shall participate in a parade or open air meeting unless a written permit for the parade or open air meeting shall first be obtained from the city clerk, nor shall any person participate in any parade or open air meeting which violates the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-3: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; FILING; CONTENTS: Application for a permit required by this chapter shall be made in writing to the city clerk at least fifteen (15) days prior to the event by a representative of the group seeking the permit, and shall set forth the following information: ---PAGE BREAK--- A. The name, address and telephone number of the person or organization seeking to conduct any parade or open air meeting. B. If the parade or open air meeting 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. C. The name, address and telephone number or the person who will be the parade chairperson or chairperson of the open air meeting, or any person otherwise in charge. D. The date when the parade or open air meeting is to be conducted. E. The route to be traveled, the starting point, the termination point and the location of speakers' platforms, if any. F. The approximate number of persons who, and animals and vehicles which, will constitute the parade or open air meeting and the type of animal, if any. G. The hours when such parade or open air meeting 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 or sidewalks proposed to be traversed. I. The location by streets of any assembly areas for the parade or open air meeting. J. The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble at any assembly area or areas. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-4: HOURS DURING WHICH PARADES OR OPEN AIR MEETINGS NOT TO BE HELD: All parades shall be held during daylight hours at times other than peak traffic periods, which are seven thirty o'clock (7:30) A.M. to nine o'clock (9:00) A.M., and four o'clock (4:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) P.M., Monday through Saturday. All open air meetings shall conclude by eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-5: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Parades and open air meetings shall be limited to such numbers of persons and vehicles as will not obstruct traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, in an unreasonable manner. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-6: OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS NOT PERMITTED; EXCEPTION: No parade or open air meeting shall be conducted in a manner that unreasonably interferes with the free and unobstructed use of any public street or sidewalk by other persons unless the permit granted for the activity specifically closes the street or sidewalk so interfered with. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-7: ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL; REAPPLICATION; TIME LIMITS: ---PAGE BREAK--- A. Following receipt of an application or reapplication for a permit required by this chapter, the city clerk shall either, within twenty four (24) hours, issue or reject the application. B. Permits may be rejected on the basis of an improper or incomplete application or for other valid reasons, and specific reasons for rejection shall be made known to the applicant, in writing, at the time of rejection. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-8: CONTENTS OF PERMIT: The permit required by this chapter issued by the city clerk shall prescribe the following: A. The date of the parade or open air meeting and the times of commencement and termination. B. Minimum speed. C. Maximum speed. D. Maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the parade. E. What portion of the streets or sidewalks or other public areas are to be occupied by the parade or open air meeting, and the location of assembly areas in the case of parades. F. The maximum number of persons, vehicles and animals to be allowed to participate in the activity. G. The route of the parade or the place of the open air meeting. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-9: COPY OF PERMIT TO BE FURNISHED TO CITY DEPARTMENT: The city clerk shall furnish a copy of all permits issued pursuant to this chapter to all other city departments that may in any way be involved by the parade or open air meeting for which a permit is issued. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-10: APPLICATIONS FOR CONFLICTING ACTIVITIES; PRIORITY OF SCHEDULING; ACTION ON ACTIVITIES; LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE: A. If the city clerk shall receive more than one application for a parade or open air meeting to be held at the same time and the same place or on the same day, the application filed first in time shall take precedence. B. An application for a permit required by this chapter shall be considered to be "at the same time" if the event is scheduled to commence within two hours before or after the holding of another event. C. An application shall be considered to be "at the same place" if the requested parade route comes at any point within two thousand feet (2,000'), measured in a straight line, from the route of another parade or an open air meeting or, if the open air meeting is to be conducted within two thousand feet (2,000') of another open air meeting or any point of a parade route. ---PAGE BREAK--- D. If the city clerk receives an application for more than one parade or open air meeting in a single day, he may set a time for the duration of each parade or open air meeting, which time shall not, without the consent of the group seeking the permit, be less than three hours. E. The city clerk may issue permits for more than a single parade or open air meeting during one day in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; however, he shall not issue multiple permits beyond the point at which the issuance of an additional permit would require the continuing diversion of so great a number of police officers or other municipal personnel as to prevent normal police protection or other services to the city. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-11: PERMIT FEES; WAIVER: A. For street parades, the fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). B. For open air meetings, the fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). C. Upon application in writing properly made to the city council, the city council may waive the required fees. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-12: PAYMENT OF PERMIT FEE; ADVANCE PAYMENTS: Fees for permits, if required by this chapter, shall be paid at the time the permit is issued. No permit shall be issued unless the entire fee, if required, is paid in advance. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-13: RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARADE SPONSOR: It is unlawful for any person to cause the assembling of any persons, animals or vehicles for the purpose of having a parade or to cause persons to participate in such parade for which no permit has been issued, or to cause or allow any person, animal or vehicle to participate in a lawfully permitted parade in a manner which violates the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 94-6) 5-6-14: FUNERALS AND PEACEFUL PICKETING EXEMPT FROM CHAPTER: Funerals are exempted from the terms and provisions of this chapter; peaceful picketing is exempted from the terms and provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 94-6)