The City Council finds that the exercise of the right of public expression is a fundamental right essential to the democratic process. The city encourages public expression that preserves city property and resources and maintains the public health, safety, and welfare. The City Council finds that, to facilitate and encourage public expression, the city must sometimes take precautions to protect city property and resources, ensure the free flow of pedestrian traffic on public streets and sidewalks, coordinate multiple uses of limited space on public property, and generally promote public health, safety, and welfare.
It is the intent of the city to establish a permitting process for special events that impact important or substantial city interests, such as city facilities, services, or streets; public health, safety, or welfare; and public expression.