Parade Chair Placement Resolution Adopted by City Council

Placement of chairs along the parade route during the Sheridan WYO Rodeo was an item addressed at Monday night’s Sheridan City Council meeting. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

One of the more unique traditions of rodeo week in Sheridan is people setting their chairs out along the parade route prior to the parade Friday morning. While the tradition will continue this year, it will be a bit different as the City Council adopted a resolution Monday night that states that chairs cannot be placed along the parade route prior to 5 pm the evening before the parade. Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger says that people have been putting their chairs out earlier and earlier the past several years, and that is why Police Chief Travis Koltiska brought the resolution to the City Council for consideration.

The resolution that was approved states that no person shall place chairs, benches, coolers, signs, or other personal property upon any public sidewalk, curb, street, alley, or public right-of-way along the parade route prior to 5:00 pm on the day immediately preceding the parade and that any item placed in violation of the resolution may be removed by authorized personnel without prior notice and placed at a location of their choosing where the owners can pick the items up.  The resolution further states that the City shall not be responsible for loss of or damage to removed items.