Minnesota Administrative Rules

1235.0500 GROUNDS FOR DENYING RALLY PERMIT.

Upon consideration of the request for the permit, and after written agreement is reached between the parties involved regarding security, police protection, liability for damages, and cleanup of the areas, the director of Plant Management shall approve the permit application unless any of the following is found to exist:

A.

the conduct of the rally will substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other traffic contiguous to its route or location;

B.

the conduct of the rally would require the diversion of so great a number of the security force of the Capitol to properly police the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal security;

C.

the concentration of persons, animals, and vehicles at assembly areas of the rally will unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to such assembly areas;

D.

the conduct of such rally will interfere with the movement of firefighting equipment en route to a fire;

E.

the rally is not scheduled to move from its point of origin and to its point of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route;

F.

the rally is to be held for the sole purpose of advertising any product or goods or is designed to be held all or in part for private profit; or

G.

the rally will unreasonably disrupt the normal operations of state government and the public right to safe use or reasonable enjoyment of public spaces.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16B.04; 16B.24

Published Electronically:

September 7, 2004