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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-14-80 REGULATE PROCESSIONSilANGR CITY NEWS: please publish Wednesday. March 26, 1980 only and send PROOF IIn<I PROOF OF PUBLICATION to City Clerk, P.O. Box 449, Orange, California 92666. MARILYN J. JENSEN. CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NO. 14- 80 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADDING SECTIONS 5.59.010 THROUGH 5.59.050 TO THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE PROCESSIONS.WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange desires to insure that activities conducted in the public right- of-way will be conducted safely; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange desires to insure that processions do not unduly disturb the convenience of the public.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Section 5.59. 010 procession" Defined sections 5.59.010 through 5.59.050 are hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code to read as follows:The word "procession" as used in this chapter is defined to mean a motorcade, parade or congregation of two or more vehicles or persons on or along a public right-of-way, including but not limited to, streets and sidewalks,which obstructs either vehicular or pedestrian traffic and draws attention to the vehicles or persons for reasons other than safety. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to funeral processions.Section 5. 59.030 Procession Permit Section 5.59. 020 Procession Permit Required No person, firm or corporation may conduct or participate in a procession unless a permit as provided for in this chapter has been issued.Upon application made to the Chief of the Police of the City of Orange and a determination made by the Chief of Police that the procession as applied for in said application will not unduly disturb the convenience of the public, a permi t to conduct such procession shall be granted.In making the determination that the convenience of the public will not be unduly disturbed by a procession, the Chief of Police shall consider the following factors:a) Time of the proposed procession.b) Place J- cl The manner in which the proposed procession is to be held. d) Other proper uses of the streets such as construction or maintenance or pedestrian traffic and construction or maintenance on the streets involved in the proposed procession route. Every person, firm or corporation who files an applicat~on, as provided herein, shall pay to City the s';lm of hve dc;>llaJ?s (~5. O?), which shall be paid at the t~me t~e appl~cat~on ~s f~led. This sum is for the purpose of pay~ng for the cost of processing such application and is nonrefundable. Section 5.59.040 Payment for City Personnel Prior to the issuance of the procession permit referred to in Section 5.59.030, the Chief of Police may determine the number of private patrol employees or police officers needed for the traffic control purposes for said procession and employees in other City departments for traffic control, cleanup and repair of the right-of-way along the procession route. When the number of said police officers and employees is determined, the Chief of Police may also determine the estimated cost of providing said police officers and employees including equipment and traffic control devices) and inform the person, firm or corporation conducting said procession of such estimated costs. Upon approval of such permit and payment of said estimated costs by the person, firm or corporation conducting said procession, the procession permit referred to in section 5.59.030 shall be issued.vlhen the estimated costs become final, the person, firm or corporation conducting said procession shall pay to the City the actual costs expended as well as any amount which exceed the estimated cost. In the event that the estimated costs exceed the final actual costs, the excess will be refunded to the person, firm or corporation who provided the costs to conduct the procession.Section 5.59.050 APpeal to City Council Any person, firm or corporation who is aggrieved by the denial (or granting) of a permit as provided in this chapter shall have the right to file a written appeal with the City Council. Such appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five (5) days after the denial (or granting) of said procession permit. The City Council shall determine whether said permit should be granted or denied and such determination shall be final and conclusive. SECTION II:If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phra~ e or.portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be ~nval ~ d or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of com~etent Jurisdiction such decision shall not affect the vahdity of the remaining po~tions of this ordinance. The City Council of t~e C~ty of Orange hereby declares that it would have adopted th~s ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more ections, subsecti~ns, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared lnval id or I--i'118 SECTION III: This ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days afte:- its P'7ssagein, the Orange City News, a newspaper of general c~rculat~on, publ~shed and circulated in the City of Orange, and shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this 18th day of March 1980.JC--~ ,, 0 ~Mayor of the City 0 Orange ATTEST:4Y' Clty Clerk t the it~f Orange STATE OF CALIFORNIA )COUNTY OF ORANGE ) s s CITY OF ORANGE )I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California,DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 11th day of March,1980, and thereafter at a regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 18th day of March 1980, was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:9~Marilyn J. Jensen City Clerk of the City of Orange AYES: COUNCILMEN: BARRERA, SMITH, MAYOR HOYT, PEREZ.NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE.ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: BEAM.WITNESS my hand and seal this 19th day of March, 1980,3-