Yolo County Municipal Code Ch. 8 Parades and Assemblages

(a) Parades, processions, and musical demonstrations. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, manage, conduct, carry on, or to cause or permit to be held, managed, conducted, or carried on, any parade, march, or procession of any kind, other than a funeral procession, or to make any display of, or to use, beat, or operate, any wind instrument, stringed instrument, or musical instrument in or upon any public highway, public park, or public place in the unincorporated territory of the County without having first obtained from the Board a written permit so to do.

(b) Assemblages and speeches. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conduct, or address any assemblage, meeting, or gathering of persons, or to make or deliver any public speech, lecture, or discourse, or to conduct or take part in any public debate or discussion in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk, cross-walk, or public park in the unincorporated territory of the County without having first obtained from the Board a written permit so to do. (§§ 3, 4, and 5, Ord. 140)

Every person, before commencing, carrying on, engaging in, or doing any of the acts set forth in Section 5-8.01 of this chapter, shall first make a written application to the Board for a written permit therefor. Such application shall be made by such person personally or, in the case of a corporation, by the manager or officer in actual charge of such business. Such application shall specify the place, park, public highway, alley, sidewalk, or cross-walk where it is intended or proposed to carry on such act. (§ 6, Ord. 140)

An application for the permit required by the provisions of Section 5-8.01 of this chapter shall be accompanied by a certificate, signed by at least three (3) reputable residents of the County, certifying to the good moral character and reputation of the person making such application. (§ 6, Ord. 140)

No permit required by the provisions of this chapter shall be granted to any person who does not bear a good character and reputation for peace and quiet in the neighborhood in which he resides.

The Board, before issuing any such permit, shall first satisfy itself that the holding, managing, conducting, and carrying on of any proposed parade, march, or procession of any kind, other than a funeral procession, or the proposed use of any wind instrument, stringed instrument, or musical instrument, or the proposed holding or conducting of any assemblage, or the proposed making or delivering of any public speech, lecture, discourse, debate, or discussion will not seriously affect the public peace, health, or safety and, for such purpose, may consider any facts or evidence bearing on the place where the assembly, speech, public debate, or other proposed act or action is to be held or delivered or is to occur or take place, with due regard to traffic congestion at that particular point and, in addition thereto, any other facts or evidence tending to enlighten the Board in such respect. The Board shall issue such permit in accordance with the provisions of this section. (§§ 6, 9, and 10, Ord. 140)

Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the person in whose name it is issued and to the location, public highway, public park, or public place therein specified. Such permit shall not be transferable or assignable in any manner. (§ 8, Ord. 140)

The Board shall have, and it hereby retains, the right, power, and privilege of revoking for good cause any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (§ 10, Ord. 140)

Only one parade, march, procession, meeting, display, address, public speech, lecture, discourse, public debate, or discussion shall be held, conducted, carried on, or engaged in under a single permit. (§ 7, Ord. 140)