Jefferson Parish |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 6. AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT |
Article V. CARNIVAL/MARDI GRAS AND OTHER PARADES |
Division 5. PUBLIC SAFETY |
§ 6-100. Public safety.
(a)
The unofficial presence of elevating-type vehicles, such as "cherry pickers" along the parade route is prohibited.
(b)
Ladders, scaffolding or any type of platform or portable elevating devices are prohibited on the street of any parade route between the curbs or lateral curb lines. Such devices shall also be prohibited between the curbs or lateral curb lines of any street intersecting the parade route.
(c)
Ladders shall be placed as many feet back from the curb or lateral curb line as the ladder is high.
(d)
Fastening two (2) or more ladders together is prohibited.
(e)
During the official Carnival/Mardi Gras parade season as described herein, it shall be unlawful for any person in charge of a vehicle, horse or vending contrivance to personally park, stop, loiter or stand in such a manner as to obstruct, impede, or inhibit the passage of any parade, or to obstruct impede or inhibit the passage of traffic on any intersecting or adjacent street to the parade route.
(f)
It shall be unlawful for any person, at any time, to place or cause to be placed any type of obstruction, including but not limited to ropes, tents, scaffolds, or barricades or vehicles, which may act as an impediment to vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any right-of-way along a parade route without first securing proper permission from the council. Any vehicle obstructing a right-of-way in contravention of this section may be towed by Jefferson Parish, by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office or by any other authorized law enforcement agency. For the purpose of this section, the right-of-way is that portion of ground dedicated to the parish for public use as a street, median, or other use and shall include that portion of ground between the paved portion of the dedicated street and the property line of the adjacent landowner. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the usage of right-of-way by law enforcement, medical or safety personnel or to any usage in compliance with applicable parish ordinances.
(g)
Parking shall be prohibited along any parade route within the first fifteen (15) feet of the curb or as posted.
(h)
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or spray any object at or to any participant, vehicle, or animal in a parade.
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, it shall be lawful for a parade spectator to toss unwanted beads or other parade throws into a truck bed, trailer, or other vehicle approved for such use under the provisions of section 6-79.1.
a.
Parade spectators shall not toss any such unwanted beads or other parade throws with excessive force or with errant aim such as to possibly strike or endanger parade participants, vehicles, animals, or other parade spectators.
(i)
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, or possess a glass container of any type within fifty (50) feet from any parade route during the following time periods:
(1)
One (1) hour prior to the scheduled starting time of the parade; during and until one (1) hour after the completion of the parade and all of Mardi Gras.
(2)
The only exempt area shall be the toasting stand under supervision.
(j)
In addition to any other penalties specified in this section, any glass container within fifty (50) feet of any parade route during the prohibited times may be deemed contraband and may subject the offender to immediate seizure of such container by any authorized law enforcement officer.
(k)
Open flame heating or cooking devices shall not be permitted on public right-of-way and within fifty (50) feet of any parade route.
(l)
In addition to any other penalties specified in this section, any open flame heating or cooking device used on any public right-of-way may be deemed contraband and may subject the offender to immediate seizure of such device by any authorized enforcement officer.
(m)
The presence of animals, reptiles, rodents, marine life, fowls, or other animals dead or alive is prohibited within fifty (50) feet of the official parade route. This prohibition shall not include service animals. Prohibition shall also not include horses, mules and leashed dogs which are actually participating in the parade.
(n)
Parade viewers are required to obey those restrictions placed on them by the presence of barricades positioned by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office or authorized employees of the parish. Any authorized Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office or parade official is hereby recognized as the enforcer for this section.
(o)
The constant forward movement of the parade shall not be interrupted without the consent of the captain or the office.
(p)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have "silly string" in their possession within fifty (50) feet from any parade route one (1) hour prior to starting time, during and one (1) hour after completion of parade and all of Mardi Gras.
(q)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ride on or use skates, skateboards, roller blades, bicycles, unicycles, or any other type of cycles within fifty (50) feet of any parade route.
(r)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have "stink bomb" or "stink spray" in their possession within fifty (50) feet of any parade route one (1) hour prior to starting time; during and one (1) hour after completion of parade and including all of Mardi Gras.
(s)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have a "bomb bag" in their possession within fifty (50) feet of any parade route one (1) hour prior to starting time, during the parade or one (1) hour after completion of parade or at any time on Mardi Gras.
(t)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have a "laser pointer" in their possession within fifty (50) feet of any parade route one (1) hour prior to starting time, during the parade or one (1) hour after completion of parade or at any time on Mardi Gras.
(u)
It shall be unlawful for any person, either viewing or participating in a parade, to have "confetti canisters" in their possession within two hundred (200) feet of any parade route one (1) hour prior to starting time; during and one (1) hour after completion of parade and including all Mardi Gras; for the purposes of this section, a "confetti canister," regardless of its brand name, shall be defined as an item which contains metallic confetti streamers or other metallic string-like substance that is expelled or discharged under pressure into the air. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a "confetti canister," or otherwise throw or disburse any metallic confetti streamers or metallic confetti strands within two hundred (200) feet of any electrical distribution or transmission line. It shall be unlawful for any person to use a "confetti canister" to expel or discharge any cups, beads or other projectiles into the air or to use any device which discharges cups, beads or other projectiles into the air with excessive force.
(v)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any flare, engine, machine, instrument or device to produce a flame or to produce visible combustion, or to use or possess any incendiary or pyrotechnical instrument or device within two hundred (200) feet of any parade route during the period beginning one (1) hour prior to the starting time of the parade and ending one (1) hour after completion of the parade. This prohibition shall be applicable to persons either viewing or participating in any parade; but shall not be applicable to the use by persons along the parade route, but not participating in the parade, of matches or lighters for the purpose of lighting cigarettes or other smoking materials which are not otherwise prohibited.
(Ord. No. 23544, § 1, 5-6-09; Ord. No. 25737 , § 2, 2-6-19)