§ 30-105. Permit application process.

(a)

The director shall obtain information relating to the date, time and location or route of the commencement and termination of a proposed public assembly, as well as any other information relevant to the director to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the public.

(b)

Upon receipt of a completed application for a permit submitted in accordance with section 30-104, the director shall issue a permit, unless the director finds that:

(1)

The public assembly will unduly disrupt either pedestrian or vehicular traffic;

(2)

The public assembly will unduly interfere with the movement of fire-fighting equipment from a station or en route to a fire;

(3)

The concentration of persons, animals or vehicles, or any combination thereof, will unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to a public assembly area or route;

(4)

The public assembly will interfere with another public assembly for which a permit has been issued; or

(5)

The public assembly will violate the conditions of a permit as established by the city manager.

(c)

Any permit issued pursuant to this article is subject to all other applicable laws, ordinances, codes and regulations.

(d)

The requirement of a permit shall not apply to:

(1)

A public assembly of fewer than one hundred (100) people in a public park or on public property which is not a public street, alley or sidewalk, and which does not involve the placement of a booth, stage or other temporary structure either within the public parks or on public property;

(2)

A public assembly consisting of five (5) or fewer people on a public sidewalk which does not impede the ordinary flow of pedestrians on a sidewalk;

(3)

A funeral procession;

(4)

Recreational activities, including jogging or walking;

(5)

The United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, the military forces of the state, and the police or fire department of the city.

(e)

A permit may be issued, though not required under the terms of this article, if a person or entity applies for such permit.

(Ord. No. 41032, § 1, 1-16-18)

(Ord. No. 41032, § 1, 1-16-18)