§ 6.3. PERMITS REQUIRED.  


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  • No person shall, without a permit, perform any of the following acts in any park:
    (A) Conduct or sponsor a parade involving
    (1) 50 or more persons;
    (2) the use of any street in any park; or
    (3) vehicles.
    (B) Conduct or sponsor an event in which persons engage in petitioning, leafletting, demonstrating or soliciting when the number of petitioners, leafletters, demonstrators, or solicitors engaging in one or more of these activities involves 50 or more such persons at the same time within an area circumscribed by a 500-foot radius.
    (C) Sell or offer for sale books, newspapers, periodicals, or other printed material.
    (D) Conduct or sponsor any exhibit, promotion, dramatic performance, theatrics, pantomime, dance, fair, circus, festival, juggling or other acrobatics or show of any kind or nature which has been publicized four hours or more in advance.
    (E) Perform any feat of skill or produce any amusement show, movie or entertainment which has been publicized four hours or more in advance.
    (F) Make a speech which has been publicized four hours or more in advance.
    (G) Conduct or sponsor a religious event involving 50 or more persons.
    (H) Conduct or sponsor a concert or musical performance which
    (1) has been publicized four hours or more in advance, or
    (2) utilizes sound amplification equipment, or
    (3) involves a band or orchestra.
    (I) Participate in a picnic, dance or other social gathering involving 25 or more persons.
    (J) Sell or provide food to persons, except that no permit is required when a person participating in a picnic or social gathering of 25 or fewer persons provides food to others who are also participating in the picnic or social gathering.
    (K) Conduct or sponsor a race or marathon which involves 25 or more persons as participants or which obstructs or interferes with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
    (L) Conduct or sponsor any event which utilizes sound amplification equipment, as defined in Part II, Chapter VIII (Police Code) of the San Francisco Municipal Code.
    (M) Conduct or sponsor an exhibition.
    (N) Conduct or sponsor an animal show.
    (O) Conduct a wedding ceremony.
    (P) Conduct or sponsor an art show.
    (Q) Operate any amusement park device. The Commission or the Executive Director may prohibit the operation of such devices in any park or, if it allows such operation, may designate those locations where such operation is permitted.
    (R) Conduct or sponsor an organized kite-flying event of any club or organization.
    (S) Station or erect any table scaffold, stage, platform, rostrum, tower, stand, bandstand, building, fence, wall, monument, dome or other structure.
    (T) Park any vehicle in any park in an area not normally used for parking vehicles or in an area normally used for parking vehicles when the vehicle is used in conjunction with an activity for which a permit is obtained pursuant to a provision of this Code other than this Subsection.
    (Added by Ord. 92-00, File No. 000634, App. 5/19/2000)