Anaheim Municipal Code Ch. 4.98 Annual Halloween Parade and Festival

No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall display, sell or peddle or engage in the business of selling or peddling any goods, wares, merchandise, food items or other things of value in the streets or on the sidewalks or curbs of the City of Anaheim along the route of any halloween parade during the Annual Halloween Parade and Festival held in the City of Anaheim on the Friday and Saturday nearest October 31st of each year, as determined by the City Council, except as provided in this chapter, unless otherwise licensed under the provisions of this Code. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

Permits for the temporary display, sale and peddling of goods, wares, merchandise, food items or other things of value in the streets or on the sidewalks or curbs of the City of Anaheim along the route of any halloween parade during the Annual Halloween Parade and Festival shall be issued by the City License Division after approval of an application for such permit as provided by Section 4.98.040 of this chapter. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

Permits for the display, sale and peddling of goods, wares, merchandise, food items or other things of value in the streets or on the sidewalks or curbs of the City of Anaheim along the route of any halloween parade during the Annual Halloween Parade and Festival held in the City of Anaheim on Friday and Saturday nearest October 31st of each year, as determined by the City Council, shall be issued only to charitable, fraternal, patriotic, service, religious or school organizations which have existed continuously in the City of Anaheim for one year prior to the issuance of such permit. Each organization shall be limited to one permit per year. Such permits shall not be transferable. Permits shall be issued to organizations that submit to the City License Division a roster of active members showing that the membership consists of at least seventy percent of persons who reside in the City of Anaheim. Disabled veterans are exempt from the provisions of this chapter, if qualified for exemption, as provided by Section 16001 of the California Business and Professions Code and Chapter 3.04 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

Applications for such temporary permits shall be made in writing and filed with the City License Division not later than October 1st of each year, and shall state the name of the applicant, names of persons who will actually handle and sell the goods, wares, merchandise, food items or other things of value to be sold. Applications by charitable, fraternal, patriotic, service, religious, or school organizations, shall state the name of such organization to which the proceeds will be donated or otherwise received. Copies of said application shall be sent to the Police Department and the Fire Department. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee payable to the City of Anaheim in the sum of five dollars, no part of which shall be waived or refunded. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

Every temporary permit for the display, sale or peddling of goods, wares, merchandise, food items or other things of value during the Annual Halloween Parade and Festival shall expire on November 5th of the year for which said permit was approved and issued. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

If the application for a temporary permit be disapproved by the City License Division on the ground that the provisions of this chapter have not been complied with, the applicant may take an appeal from such action by filing a written notice of appeal from such denial with the City Council. Such written notice shall be filed with the City Clerk within ten days of the date of receipt by the applicant of written notice of denial from the City License Division. Such written notice of appeal shall set forth the reasons for appeal from the denial of the application. Upon receipt of a notice of appeal, a hearing shall be set before the City Council not less than ten days, nor more than fifteen days from the date of the filing of the appeal. Upon such hearing, the Council may deny the application or grant the application upon such conditions as the Council may deem proper. Such determination by the City Council shall be final. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988.)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished in the manner provided in Section 1.01.370. Failure of a permittee to conform to all applicable provisions of this chapter shall constitute ground for denial of a subsequent permit under this chapter. (Ord. 4951 § 2 (part); August 30, 1988: Ord. 5618 § 9; October 21, 1997.)