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. 2. Section 5.505(3)--Basis for Permit Denial: Currently the ordinance groups together reasons for permit denial with criteria used for . proposing an alternate route and the proposed revision would separately list the reasons for denial of a parade permit from the reasons for route or day change. It would exclude any gatherings that are on sidewalks only with participants obeying traffic signals. a. Permit Denial: The ordinance now allows denial of a parade permit' if lithe parade is likely to incite violencell and this factor is being refined to remove the possibility of denial because of hostile spectators and instead will use the following criteria: 1) whether reliable information shows that the organizers or parade participants have a specific intent to cause violence during the course of the parade and the Police Chief must give reasons and within three days of the denial the applicant can appeal to the council; 2) whether reliable information indicates that parade participants will be carrying weapons during the parade; or 3) whether recent parades involving the same partici- pants or organizers have resulted in personal 'injury or property damage caused by those participants so that it is reasonable to conclude that the probability of violence during the parade . under review is extremely high. 3. Section 5.520--Revocation of Permits: The criteria for revocation of an issued permit would be narrowed to allow revocation only if: a) an imminent threat of violence and personal injury to the parade participants exists; and b) all reasonable efforts to protect the . parade participants have failed; and c) a request to disband the parade to the parade organizers has been refused; or d) actual violence has been caused by the parade participants; or e) there is significant deviation from the route designated in the application or assembly at points not shown in the application or without consent of the police officer in charge of parade escort. The applicant can appeal the process to either the councilor a subcomnittee of the council. Mr. Sercombe continued to state that Administrative Rule 2(b)--Hold-Harmless Agreements: Administrative Rules require that hold-harmless agreements by indigents are required indemnifying the City from lIall liability resulting from the parade.1I The redrafted language would require the parade organizers to indemnify the City in any litigation in which the City is sued solely because of the negligence of the parade organizers which would educate the organizers of their legal duties and require the organizers to superviS8 the parade and be accountable for any negligence in failure to supervise. However, they cannot be required to share the burden of any City-caused negligence. Administrat ive Rule 4--Higher Insurance: Criteria for higher insurance requirements are now identified and are similar to those used to waive insurance requirements under Administrative Rule 5. Mr. Serco~be said some additional concerns have been raised but are not treated in the proposed revisions. Staff recornmend,s the ordinance dnd administrat ive rules be adopted; . ~INUTES--Eugene City Council July 27, 1981 Page 2