A. Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to use any public street, alley or sidewalk within the City for the purpose of, or to give or cause to be given in any show window or in or upon any premises immediately abutting upon any public street, alley or sidewalk, any exhibition, show, performance, game, amusement, parade or public speaking, which is designed or intended to or which in fact does collect or attract a sufficient number of persons to interfere with the passage of the public along such street, alley or sidewalk.
B. Participants: Any person participating in any such exhibition, parade, public speaking, etc., shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Section.
C. Discontinuance: If such exhibition, parade 1 , public speaking, etc. results in the collection or attraction of a sufficient number of persons to interfere with passage of the public along such public way, any member of the Police Department shall have the power and it shall be his duty to enter such premises and cause such exhibition, etc., to be discontinued forthwith, and to cause any performer, figure, apparatus or other thing of any nature whatsoever engaged in or used in or about such exhibition, etc., to be removed from such premises forthwith.
D. Approval: Nothing contained herein shall limit the authority of the Mayor, with approval of the City Council, to waive the provisions of this Section with regard to any person or group of persons who demonstrate peaceful intentions and a genuine respect for the law. (1994 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See Section 6-2-4 of this Code for permits to allow parades. |