A. Assignment of Police Officers for Traffic Control. The chief of police may require the assignment of overtime officers to provide traffic control at the event. Traffic control by officers includes cleaning the event route or site of unauthorized vehicles, diversion of traffic around the event and direction of pedestrian and vehicular traffic along the route of the event.

B. Payment and Computing of Traffic Control Fees. If overtime officers will be assigned for traffic control at the event, the applicant/sponsor of the event shall be required to prepay the estimated costs of providing the officers prior to the issuance of the event permit. The traffic control fees will be computed by determining the number of police officers who will be required for traffic control, the number of hours the officers will be on duty, and the city’s full costs of providing officers on an hourly basis as established by city fee schedule.

C. An Applicant May Request Assignment of Officers. An applicant may request assignment of overtime officers for policing and/or traffic control at the event. Assignment of overtime officers at the request of an applicant/sponsor is discretionary with the chief of police and is subject to availability of overtime officers. The applicant/sponsor shall be required to prepay the estimated costs of providing the officers prior to the issuance of the event permit.

D. Waiver of Traffic Control Fees for Certain Events. Traffic control fees shall be waived by the chief of police for the first four hours that overtime police officers are assigned to provide traffic control at the following events: (1) events sponsored by non-profit youth organizations; (2) for First Amendment events whose primary purpose is First Amendment expression. The applicant/-sponsor of the event must sign a verified statement that he believes the event’s purpose is First Amendment expression, and the cost of traffic control fees is so financially burdensome that it would constitute an unreasonable burden on the right of First Amendment expression. If overtime officers will be assigned for more than four hours, the applicant/sponsor shall be required to prepay traffic control fees for time in excess of four hours as specified in subsection B.

E. Billing and Refunds. If the actual costs to the city of providing police officers pursuant to subsections B, C or D on the day of the event is in excess of the applicant/sponsor’s police fee deposit, the applicant/sponsor shall be billed for the difference. If the actual costs of providing police services pursuant to subsections B, C or D is less than the applicant/sponsors deposit, the applicant/sponsor shall be refunded the difference. -

F. Preestablished Routes. The chief of police may determine certain preestablished routes for parades and other special events within the city, and predetermine the number of officers required for traffic control along those roues.