No unauthorized person shall be or remain on or in any portion of the area known as the Mall area between the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Persons may be authorized to remain on the Mall by obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Works.
Such permits shall be issued when the Director finds:
(a) That the proposed activity and use will not unreasonably interfere with or detract from the promotion of public health, welfare and safety;
(b) That the proposed activity or use is not reasonably anticipated to incite violence, crime or disorderly conduct;
(c) That the proposed activity will not entail unusual, extraordinary or burdensome expense or police operation by the City;
(d) That the facilities desired have not been reserved for other use at the day and hour required in the application.
For the purpose of this section, the Mall area includes these areas specifically designated as Memorial Plaza (Mall A), Mall B, including the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Plaza and Mall C. It excludes therefrom all dedicated streets.
Memorial Plaza is that portion of the Mall A bounded by Rockwell Avenue on the south, St. Clair Avenue on the north, the east curb line, and its southeasterly prolongation, of the Memorial Plaza parking garage ramp extending southeasterly to Rockwell Avenue on the east, and by West Mall Drive on the west.
Mall B is that portion of the Mall bounded by the Convention Center on the east, St. Clair Avenue on the south, Lakeside Avenue on the north, and West Mall Drive on the west.
Mall C is that portion of the Mall bounded by Lakeside Avenue on the south, City Hall on the east, and property lines on the north and west of parcel B2 in the Survey, Partition and Consolidation Plat as shown volume 365, page 0 of the Cuyahoga County Map Records, including all City Hall and City Garage property.
(Ord. No. 479-16. Passed 5-9-16, eff. 5-10-16)
