§ 54-361.5 — Conflicting applications

Sec. 54-361.5. - Conflicting applications.

(a) Conflicting applications: When more than one (1) application for a parade or special event is received on the same business day for the same date and time, the manager or the manager's designee shall issue a permit, subject to the other provisions of this division, based on the following order of priorities: (1) Historic usage scheduled events where the same applicant/organization has been granted use of a parade route at a particular date and time for more than five (5) consecutive years. Historic usage scheduled events where the same applicant/organization has been granted use of a special event route at a particular date and time for more than three (3) consecutive years. (2) If paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) is not applicable, priority shall be given to a first in time application unless more than one application is submitted on the same business day requesting the same date and time for a parade, in which event, all such applications shall be determined by a lottery. (b) The lottery shall be conducted as follows: no later than ten (10) days after the conflicting applications are received, the manager of safety or the manager's designee shall draw at random from the applications received for parade permits for the date at issue. The first application so chosen shall be issued a parade permit and have first choice of the time slot, as specified in the application. The second application chosen at random by the manager or the manager's designee shall be granted the parade permit for the second choice time slot, if one is available, for that same day. This process shall continue until all parade applicants are granted a time slot unless the manager determines that a ground for denial as set forth in section 54-364 exists. If any of the chosen applicants for a parade permit on a given day has indicated an unwillingness to conduct a parade in the remaining time slots available, or if the application is disqualified, the manager or the manager's designee shall select another application for the remaining time slots at random, and continue in this fashion until the remaining available time slots are filled. Whenever the mayor has declared an extraordinary event, additional or alternative lottery procedures may be provided in the declaration. (c) Applications for special events shall not be subject to the lottery process set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(Ord. No. 56-08, § 1, 2-4-08; Ord. No. 351-09, § 2, 6-22-09)