Section 12.28.030 Public conduct during special events.

A. Joining the Special Event. No person knowingly shall join or participate in any special event conducted in violation of any of the terns of the permit, nor knowingly join or participate in any permitted special event without the consent and over the objection of the permittee, nor in any manner interfere with its progress or orderly conduct.

B. Interference. No person shall hamper, obstruct or impede, or interfere with any special event or with any person, vehicle or animal participating or used in a special event.

C. Driving Through Special Events. No driver of a vehicle, not participating in the event, shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade, fun run, bike race, or motorcade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an emergency vehicle from interrupting a parade or motorcade for the purpose of responding to an emergency.

D. Viewing the Special Event. No person shall view, watch or observe the parade, motorcade, bike race, or fun run from the street or beyond the sidewalk curb or viewing area established on the parade permit.

E. Parking on the Route.

1. No vehicle larger than an automobile or pickup truck shall park along the special event route without prior approval.

2. The administration shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit the parking of vehicles along a designated two- block portion of the parade route. Signs shall be posted to such effect and it is unlawful for any person to park or leave attended any vehicle in violation thereof.

F. Event Route. It is unlawful for any participant in a special event to deviate from the preset agreed upon route.

G. Throwing Objects. No parade or motorcade participant shall throw, cast, or drop candy, trinkets, or any other articles. This provision does not prohibit a parade participant from handing the candy directly to spectators in the viewing area provided the parade participant is walking. (Ord. 214 (part), 2003: Ord. 131 (part), 1998: prior code § 5.02.030)