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Chapter 23 - Traffic
Division 10 - Specific Events

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SEC. 23.10-1 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall organize, produce, direct, conduct, manage, institute, carry on, promote, advertise, encourage or participate in any specific event, unless a written permit is first obtained from the Chief of Police.

SEC. 23.10-2 DEFINITIONS.

  1. Specific Event. Any athletic activity or parade conducted in whole or in part, upon public streets, thoroughfares, highways or right-of-ways:
     
    1. for which a request is made for police escort, supervision or assistance; or
       
    2. which causes an obstruction or interference with customary uses of said public ways.
       
  2. Athletic Activity. Any activity conducted in competition against time, or in competition against other participants, or for which a record of performance is kept, or any of the following activities provided twenty (20) or more persons participate as a group: walking, running jogging, biking, or skating.
     
  3. Parade. Any ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or activity involving people, vehicles or animals marching or proceeding in procession.
     
  4. Obstruction or interference. Any activity which blocks, hinders or disrupts the customary flow of motorized vehicular traffic on public ways or any activity in which participants violate state or local traffic regulations.

SEC. 23.10-3 INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIFIC EVENT. No person shall knowingly join or participate in any specific event in violation of any of the terms, conditions or regulations of the permit issued therefor, or knowingly join or participate in any specific event without the consent of the permittee or in any manner interfere with the orderly conduct of such event.

SEC. 23.10-4 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. An application for a permit shall be filed with the Chief of Police not less than fifteen (15) days before the date proposed for holding a specific event. Such application shall be signed by the applicant or by an authorized representative of the group seeking the permit on forms provided by the Town and shall contain the following:

  1. The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct the specific event.
     
  2. If the specific event 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.
     
  3. The name, address and telephone number of the person who will be the specific event chairperson.
     
  4. The date when the specific event is to be conducted.
     
  5. The route to be traveled, including the starting point and termination point.
     
  6. The approximate number of persons who and vehicles which will constitute the specific event and a description of the vehicles.
     
  7. The hours when the specific event will start and terminate.
     
  8. A statement as to whether the specific event will occupy all or only a portion of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
     
  9. The location of streets of any assembly sites for the specific event.
     
  10. The time which participants of the specific event will begin to assemble at the assembly area or areas.

SEC. 23.10-5 TIME OF DAY. All parades shall be held during daylight hours at times other than peak traffic periods (7 AM to 9 AM) and (4 PM to 6 PM) Monday through Saturday and not before noon on Sunday.

SEC. 23.10-6 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Prior to the issuance of a permit for an athletic activity, the Chief of Police shall require from the applicant, an agreement to compensate the Town for loss or damage to public property, or the deposit of a surety or cash bond in the amount of $200.00 to guarantee the cleaning up of the site and the removal of any debris left as a result of the holding of an athletic activity.

SEC. 23.10-7 ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF A PERMIT.

  1. The Chief of Police shall issue or deny the permit within five (5) days after receiving an application.
     
  2. The Chief of Police shall issue a permit if the Chief finds all of the following:
     
    1. The application is on the form provided and contains the required information;
       
    2. The application for a permit does not contain any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact;
       
    3. The applicant has met the requirements of SEC. 23.10-6;
       
    4. The specific event is not contrary to law;
       
    5. The specific event will not unreasonably interfere with the preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare;
       
    6. The applicant agrees to abide by and comply with all conditions and regulations attendant upon the specific event permit;
       
    7. All necessary state highways closure requirements have been filed.
       
  3. The Chief of Police may impose reasonable terms and regulations concerning the time and place of the specific event, the maximum number of persons or units participating therein, the regulation of traffic, the number and type of signs and barricades to be provided by the applicant together with the plan of disposition and such other requirements as the Chief of Police may find reasonable and necessary for the protection of persons and property.

SEC. 23.10-8 HIGHWAY CLOSURE REQUESTS. Permits to local authorities to temporarily close portions of state highways for such public purposes or needs as specific events are governed by Section 4-408 of the Illinois Highway Code. Requests to the Illinois Department of Transportation, 700 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa, Illinois, 6l350, must be filed not less than fifteen (15) days in advance of the date for which the closure is requests. The request shall be in resolution form signed by the Mayor and certified by the Town Clerk as an official act of the city government. The request must include a description of the street limits, the date and time of the closure, and the information concerning the proposed detour. The request must also stipulate that any liability or payment of claims occasioned by the closure shall be the responsibility of the local government.

SEC. 23.10-9 PREFERENCE OF APPLICATIONS. If the Chief of Police shall receive more than one application for a specific event at the same time and place or on the same day, the application filed first in time shall take precedence. An application shall be considered to be "at the same time" if the specific event is scheduled to commence within two hours before or after the holding of another specific event. An application shall be considered to be "at the same place" if the requested specific event route comes at any point within six blocks or any equivalent distance from the route of another specific event. If the Chief of Police receives an application for more than one specific event in a single day, the Chief may set a time for the duration of each specific event, which time shall not, without the consent of the group seeking the permit, be less than three hours.

SEC. 23.10-10 ISSUANCE OF MULTIPLE PERMITS. The Chief of Police shall issue permits for more than a single specific event during one date in accordance with the requirements of Section 23.10-7 and Section 23.10-9 of this Division, provided however, that the Chief may not issue multiple permits beyond the point at which the issuance of such additional permit would require the continuing diversion of so great a number of police officers or other municipal personnel so as to prevent normal police protection of other services to the municipality.

SECTION 23.20-11 RECONSIDERATION. If a permit has been denied because of a conflict of date or hour for the proposed specific event, the applicant may request reconsideration of such application and submit therewith an alternative date and hour for the holding of the specific event.

SEC. 23.10-12 CONTENTS OF PERMIT. A specific event permit shall contain the following:

  1. The name of the person or organization to whom issued;
     
  2. The address and telephone number of the person or organization named on the permit;
     
  3. Type of activity for which the permit has been issued;
     
  4. The date, hour and location for the specific event;
     
  5. The expiration date;
     
  6. Any conditions imposed on the holding of such specific event.

SEC. 23.10-13 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION. A permit for a specific event may be summarily suspended or removed by the Chief of Police at any time:

  1. When the Chief of Police has reasonable cause to believe that any of the grounds exist for which the original application for a permit would have been denied;
     
  2. When the Chief of Police has reason to believe that the health, safety and welfare of persons or property would be endangered because of real or threatened disaster, public calamity, riot or other emergency.

SEC. 23.10-14 APPEAL.

  1. An appeal from the denial or revocation of a permit may be taken to the City Manager within five (5) days after such denial or revoca-tion. Such appeal shall be in writing, setting forth fully the grounds upon which the appeal is based and should be filed with the City Manager. The Chief of Police shall submit to the City Manager, the application and any other documents considered in denying or revoking the permit;
     
  2. Within five (5) days after the appeal is filed, the City Manager shall consider the appeal and render a decision thereon. Written notice of the time and place the City Manager will consider the appeal shall be given to the person who filed the appeal at least three (3) days before such date unless the applicant/permittee shall waive notice in writing.
     
  3. In any appeal, the City Manager shall consider the application and any other relevant information presented by the Chief of Police or the applicant/permittee. The City Manager may grant or deny the permit subject to the conditions, terms and regulations set forth in this Division. The decision of the City Manager shall be final.

SEC. 23.10-15 VIOLATION - PENALTY. Any person violating any provision of this Division, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

SEC. 23.10-16 SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Division, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Division. The Town Council hereby declares that it adopted this Division and each portion thereof irrespective of the fact that only one portion be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Entire Division 10 Amended by Ordinance No. 3227 - August 1, 1983)