(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver any speech or address upon any street or sidewalk or within any unenclosed area which is open to the public with such effect as to then and there incite his or her hearers to unlawful or violent acts or other breach of the public peace, or with such effect as to assemble a crowd which obstructs the free flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the use of such street, sidewalk, or unenclosed area by others for lawful purposes.
(B) (1) Persons desiring to have any street, sidewalk, or unenclosed area which is open to the public set aside for the purpose of delivering a speech or address may apply to the Common Council, through the City Clerk, for a permit so to do.
(2) Upon receipt of any such application, the Common Council may, in its sound discretion, grant such permit, subject to any conditions which the Council may deem advisable to incorporate therein for the public well-being and convenience.
(C) (1) If the Chief of Police denies or revokes such permit, this action shall be final, unless the applicant or permittee shall, within two days after the receipt of notice of the denial or revocation, file with the City Manager a written appeal.
(2) The City Manager shall, within 24 hours after the appeal is filed, consider all the evidence in support of or against the action repealed and render a decision either sustaining or reversing the denial or revocation.
(3) The decision of the City Manager shall be final.
(Prior Code, § 17-56) Penalty, see § 130.999
Cross-reference:
Dispersal of riots and unlawful assemblies, see § 93.09