10:196. - Conditions for obtaining a permit.
(1) Applications for permits under this chapter shall be made on forms prescribed by the City Administrator. The forms may require information regarding the route, hours, days of the week and dates of operation, certificates regarding the health of the animals, provisions for the immediate removal of the animal droppings from the city streets, transportation of the animals into the city, carriage inspection, safety equipment, and other information the Administrator may need to determine whether a permit shall be issued.
(2) Permits shall be granted or refused based on the health, safety and welfare of the public and the degree of interference with the use of the streets for public travel. The City Administrator or his designee may consider in granting a permit whether the demand of the public requires additional horse drawn vehicles for hire, the effect which such additional horse drawn vehicles for hire may have on traffic congestion and parking and whether additional horse drawn vehicles for hire will result in a greater hazard to the public.
(3) The granting of a permit may be conditioned upon proof of at least $500,000.00 of insurance protecting the city, agreements to indemnify the city, liability waivers and payment of the costs of providing additional signs, needed police assistance or other city assistance.
(4) Revocation of this permit may be made for failure to promptly pick up horse droppings or noncompliance with any of the conditions of the permit.
(5) The granting of a permit may be conditioned on the permit being inapplicable or invalid in certain areas at certain times because of traffic congestion or hazard to the public as listed in the permit or upon notice of same by the Police Department.
(Ord. No. 19-82, 5-3-82; Ord. No. 42-82, 8-2-82)
