§ 42-284. Standards for issuance.

(a)

The Chief of Police shall issue a permit as provided for herein when, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, he finds that:

(1)

The conduct of the parade or public assembly will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other pedestrian or vehicular traffic contiguous to its route or location;

(2)

The conduct of the parade or public assembly will not require the diversion of so great a number of City Police Officers to properly police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police protection of the City;

(3)

The concentration of persons, animals, and vehicles at public assembly points of the parade or public assembly will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such public assembly areas;

(4)

The conduct of the parade or public assembly is not reasonably likely to cause injury to persons or property;

(5)

The parade or public assembly is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route;

(6)

Adequate sanitation and other required health facilities are or will be made available in or adjacent to any public assembly areas;

(7)

There are sufficient parking places near the site of the parade or public assembly to accommodate the number of vehicles reasonably expected;

(8)

No parade or public assembly permit application for the same time and location has already been granted or has been received and will be granted;

(9)

No parade or public assembly permit application for the same time but a different location has already been granted or has been received and will be granted, and the police resources required for that prior parade or public assembly are so great that in combination with the subsequent proposed application, the resulting deployment of police services would have an immediate and adverse effect upon the welfare and safety of persons and property; and

(10)

No event is scheduled elsewhere in the City where the police resources required for that event are so great that the deployment of police services for the proposed parade or public assembly would have an immediate and adverse effect upon the welfare and safety of persons and property.

(b)

A permit shall not be required for a parade or public assembly on streets, sidewalks, parks or other public property unless the applicant believes that the parade or public assembly may necessitate the exclusive use or temporary closure of one (1) or more streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties, in which case a permit shall be required. All persons wishing to conduct a parade that is not expected to necessitate the exclusive use or temporary closure of one (1) or more streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties shall file a notice of such parade or public assembly with the Chief of Police. If the Chief of Police believes that exclusive use or temporary closure of streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties is reasonably probable, he may require that a permit application be filed. If a parade or public assembly attracts an unexpected number of participants such that the parade or public assembly actually results in the exclusive use of one (1) or more streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties by the parade or public assembly participants, the Danbury Police Department shall accommodate the parade or public assembly by closing a portion of the affected streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties, where so doing will not compromise public safety or unreasonably interfere with the normal flow of traffic upon said streets, sidewalks, parks or other public properties.

(Code 1961, § 11-52; Ord. No. 677, § 11-22, 6-5-2007)