Fees for Non-Charitable Athletic Parades.
38 RCNY § 19-05
in effect§ 19-05 Fees for Non-Charitable Athletic Parades.
(a) The Chief of Department shall assess the fees set forth in subdivision c of this section for non-charitable athletic parades occurring on or after January 1, 2012.
(b) The Chief of Department shall charge an applicant a fee in accordance with the following schedule, which shall be in addition to any fee requirement imposed by the Department of Sanitation or any other fee imposed by any city agency.
(c) Application may be submitted no sooner than 180 days before the event and no later than ten days before the event.
(i) Applications submitted between 180 days and 120 days before the event shall receive the fee assessment associated with the event no later than 90 days before the event.
(ii) Applications submitted less than 120 days but 90 days or more before the event shall receive the fee assessment associated with the event no later than 45 days before the event.
(iii) Applications submitted less than 90 days but 30 or more days before the event shall receive the fee assessment associated with the event no later than 10 days before the event.
(iv) Applications submitted less than 30 days but 10 or more days before the event shall receive the fee assessment as soon as reasonably practical.
(d) Fees assessed must be paid prior to the event.
(e) The fee shall be calculated as 100% of the Police Department's traffic control costs based upon number of police department personnel ("MOS") in the ranks of traffic enforcement agent and associate traffic agents, police officer, detective, sergeant and lieutenant, needed to safely perform traffic control functions as determined by the Office of the Chief of Department. However, for events which occur between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012 the fee assessed shall be 70% of the calculated fee.
Size of Event Number of MOS Performing Traffic Control Functions Traffic Control Cost*
Extra Small 0 - 99 up to $100,000
Small 100 - 499 up to $500,000
Medium 500 - 999 up to $1,000,000
Large 1,000 - 1,999 up to $2,000,000
Extra Large 2,000 or more $2,000,000 or more
* The fee amount shall be calculated based upon the salary, overtime and benefit costs of police department personnel at the rate in effect on the date the assessment is issued.
(i) Event plans will be developed and events staffed at the sole discretion of the Police Department, based upon the projected attendance numbers, type of event, traffic/pedestrian volume, geographic location, along with other relevant public safety factors.
(ii) In no event will organizers be charged an additional post-event fee.
(iii) Upon written request made within 30 days after the event, organizers shall be provided with an accounting of the actual traffic control costs for the event. Such accounting will be provided within sixty days of the request.
(iv) Fees paid in excess of the actual traffic control costs shall be refunded.
(f) This fee does not apply to the following:
(i) City-sponsored events;
(ii) "Occasions of extraordinary public interest" as defined in 38 RCNY § 19-01(b);
(iii) Demonstrations, as defined in 38 RCNY § 19-02(d);
(iv) Charitable Athletic Parades; or
(v) Non-athletic Parades.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-78451Fetched: 10/24/2026