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Any person desiring to sponsor a parade, athletic event or other special event on a city street, sidewalk or other city owned land and improvements in the city shall first obtain a special event permit from the chief of police.

A special event permit is not required for the following:

A. Parades, athletic events or other special events which occur exclusively on city property under the jurisdiction of the Petaluma parks and recreation department. Those events are governed by Chapter 13.28 of this code;

B. Funeral processions;

C. Parades involving a total of thirty or fewer pedestrians marching along a parade route which is restricted to marching on sidewalks, and crossing streets only at pedestrian crosswalks in accordance with traffic regulations and controls. Pedestrians participating in the parade shall cross crosswalks in units of ten or less, and shall allow vehicles to pass between each unit.

(Ord. 1585 NCS §3 (part), 1984.)