CITY OF WINSTON‐SALEM Parade Permit Application In accordance with City Ordinance 38‐5, this application must be filed within 96 hours of your planned event I. General Information Event Name: Event Date: Assembly Location: Assembly Time (Start/End): Event Hours: Dispersement Time (Start/End): Estimated Attendance: Previous Year’s Attendance: II. Event Route Please provide a detailed route of the event. Include start and finish points, street name(s) and directions of travel
‐‐‐Attach route map on a separate sheet‐‐‐ III. Brief Description of the Event IV. Event Details YES NO Is the event currently an annual occurrence? Is the applicant providing written authorization from each sponsor? Will the parade utilize the entire right‐of‐way? Half of the road: Sidewalk only: Revised on 20Jan2011/jwl IV. Event Details (continued) YES NO Will there be any animals involved in the parade? If yes, how many? Types of animal(s): Are there vehicles participating in your event? If yes, how many? Types of vehicle(s) Are there towed floats involved with the event? If yes, how many? Are there marching bands in your event? If yes, how many? Will your event utilize ANY sound amplification devices? V. Applicant and Sponsoring Organization Information Sponsoring Organization Name: YES Non‐Profit? NO Applicant Full Name: Address: Phone: Fax: Email: Cell: Email: On‐Site Contact Name: Address: Phone: VI. Email Questions to: wspdpermits@wspd.org
Or Call: (336) 773‐7838 Email completed application and a copy of your route plan to wspdpermits@wspd.org or Mail to:
Winston‐Salem Police Department Attn: Parade Permits 725 N Cherry Street Winston‐Salem, NC 27101‐1442 RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT In consideration of restricting, limiting or controlling the traffic on the City’s public streets and allowing the sponsor(s) named herein the use the City’s public streets, the sponsor(s) hereby releases and forever discharges the City, its agents and employees, from any and all claims, demands, expenses, costs and liabilities of any kind or nature directly or indirectly related to any personal injury and/or property damage arising out of the Event, except those claims that result from the negligence of the City or a City employee acting within the scope of the employment. The sponsor(s) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, its agents and employees from and against any and all claims, demands expenses, costs and liabilities of any kind or nature, directly or indirectly caused by, arising out of, or related to the intentional, negligent or reckless acts or omissions of the sponsor(s), its agents, employees, sub‐contractors, guests and event participants. INSURANCE During the performance of the Service described herein, the sponsor(s) shall maintain Commercial General Liability to protect the sponsor(s) and the City against any and all injuries to third parties, including personal injury and property, and special and consequential damages, resulting from any action, omission or operation by the sponsor(s) or in connection with the services described herein. This insurance shall provide bodily injury and property damage limits of not less than $1,000,000 for each occurrence, respectively. The minimum liability coverage required may be increased depending on the nature of the services provided. The sponsor(s) shall provide with this application an original, signed Certificate of Insurance evidencing the Revised on 20Jan2011/jwl General Liability Insurance and, in that certificate of insurance, shall name the City as an additional insured and state that the coverage is primary to any other coverage the City may possess. Failure to deliver a valid certificate of insurance or cancellation of the insurance prior to the event will result in this permit being denied or immediately revoked. NOTES: 1‐ Do not announce, advertise, or promote your event until you have a signed permit. 2‐ The Winston‐Salem Police Department shall determine the number of officers needed to appropriately control traffic, provide for security for your event, and the time such services shall commence and end. 3 ‐ When permitted, the permit is for public rights‐of‐way only. Any use of private property must be negotiated with property owner. __________________________________________ (Print Sponsor(s)’s Name) __________________________________________ Signature of Authorized Party __________________________________________ Print Name and Title of Authorized Party __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Print Address Revised on 20Jan2011/jwl CODE OF ORDINANCES City of WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
Codified through Ord. No. 4737, adopted Oct. 24, 2005. (Supplement No. 33)
Sec. 38-5. Parades.
(a) Any parade upon the public ways used primarily for vehicular parking or moving
traffic is hereby prohibited unless conducted in accordance with the provisions of this
section. For purposes of this section, a parade is any parade, march, procession, walk,
run, or moving congregation or ceremony.
(b) No such parade shall be held or conducted unless permission shall first have been
given in writing by the chief of police or designee, and all persons participating in any
parade without such permit shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
(c) A written application shall be made to the chief of police or designee by persons or
organizations desiring to hold such parade setting forth the object, time, place and route
of the parade. Such application shall be made at least 96 hours before holding the parade.
A response to the application shall be provided by the police chief or designee within 48
hours. The denial of a permit including the designation of an alternative time or route
may be appealed to the city manager within 48 hours of notification of the denial. The
appeal must be filed with the city secretary's office within the aforementioned time. A
hearing before the city manager or his designee shall be scheduled within 48 hours after
receipt of the appeal. Within 48 hours after the hearing, the city manager or his designee
shall notify the applicant of his decision in writing.
(d) The chief of police shall have authority to designate the time and route of the
parade and the portion of the streets or other public places to be used, in such a way as to
avoid the obstruction or impediment of public travel or public business.
(e) No such permit shall be given for any parade for any unlawful purpose, or for the
purpose of petitioning the city council or any officials of the city to do any illegal act.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or participate in any parade for any
purpose other than the purpose set out in the application.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or participate in any parade or
unreasonably hamper, obstruct or interfere with any parade so as to create a public
nuisance, endanger the public peace, or constitute a substantial hazard to public safety.
(h) All spectators, participants and persons associated or affiliated with a parade must
comply with G.S. 14-277.2.
(i) Signs or posters carried by participants shall be made of cardboard no thicker than
one-fourth inch. Supports for such signs or posters shall be made of a nonmetallic
material no wider than 3 1/2 inches and no thicker than three-fourths inch.
(j) Any parade, sponsored by a nonprofit organization, during which streets are closed
to vehicular traffic, shall also obtain the exhibition show permit required in section 74284.
(k) The chief of police or designee may revoke a parade permit immediately upon
violation of the conditions or standards set forth in this section.
(l) Except as provided in subsection (e) herein, the granting, denial, or revocation of an
application shall not be based upon the content or the purpose for the parade.
(m) If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrases of this section is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section.
(Code 1975, § 12-9; Ord. No. 4319, § 1, 4-19-99; Ord. of 1-6-03, § 1)