(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conduct or address any public assemblage, meeting or gathering, or to make or deliver any public speech, lecture or discourse, or to conduct or take part in any public debate or discussion, in any public park, without first having obtained a permit in writing from the City Manager.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to discuss, expound, advocate or expose the principles or creed of any political party, partisan body or organization or religious denomination or sect, or the doctrines of any social system in any public speech, lecture or discourse in any public park in the city, without first having obtained a permit from the City Manager.
(C) The Director of Parks and Recreation and the City Manager are hereby empowered to grant permits authorizing any person to hold or conduct an assemblage, meeting, or gathering of persons to make or deliver any public speech, lecture or discourse at any such assemblage, meeting or gathering of persons, for the purpose of observance of or in commemoration of the anniversary of the Declaration of National Independence, or for other public celebrations, events or demonstrations of a patriotic, municipal or memorial character; provided, however, that no such permit shall be granted to any person to hold or conduct any assemblage, meeting or gathering of persons in violation of any of the rules and regulations established by this chapter.
(D) Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall specify the time when and the place where such assemblage, meeting or gathering of persons shall be held or conducted, and such speech, lecture or discourse as shall be made or delivered, and shall designate the name of the person to whom such permit is granted.
(‘86 Code, § 14.04.100) (Ord. 1752, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18) Penalty, see § 1.12.010