[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Lincoln 6-16-1987
(Ch. 13, Art. I, § 13-3, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Disorderly conduct — See Ch. 101.
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Riotous assembly — See R.I.G.L. § 11-38-1
et seq.
It is hereby declared that the protection and preservation of the home
is the keystone of democratic government; that the public health and welfare
and the good order of the community require that members of the community
enjoy in their homes a feeling of well-being, tranquility and privacy, and
when absent from their homes carry with them the sense of security inherent
in the assurance that they may return to the enjoyment of their homes; that
the practice of picketing before or about residences and dwelling places causes
emotional disturbance and distress to the occupants; that such practice has
as its object the harassing of such occupants; and without resort to such
practice, full opportunity exists, and under the terms and provisions of this
chapter will continue to exist, for the exercise of freedom of speech and
other constitutional rights; and that the provisions hereinafter enacted are
necessary in the public interest, to avoid the detrimental results herein
set forth.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing before or
about the residence or dwelling place of any individual.
It shall be unlawful for any person to demonstrate before or about the
residence or a dwelling place of an individual in any manner which disrupts
or threatens to disrupt any individual's right to tranquility in such individual's
home.
