For the purposes of this Article, the word "block" shall mean that portion of a street lying between intersections.
Peaceful picketing in the furtherance of a lawful purpose shall
be permitted in the City, provided the same is done in compliance
with the provisions of this Article.
Picketing may be conducted only on those portions of the right-of-way
normally reserved for pedestrian movement and may not be conducted
on the portion of a street used primarily for vehicular traffic.
Not more than ten (10) pickets promoting the same objective
shall be permitted to use the right-of-way within a designated block
in the City at any one time.
Pickets may carry written or printed placards or signs not exceeding
two (2) feet in width and two (2) feet in length promoting the objective
for which the picketing is done; provided the words used are not defamatory
in nature or would tend to produce violence. The staff on which such
placard is carried shall not exceed forty (40) inches in length.
It shall be unlawful for any person to physically interfere
with such pickets in the use of the right-of-way or to address profane,
indecent, abusive or threatening language to or at such pickets which
would tend to provoke such pickets or others to a breach of the peace.
A.
The
Police Officers of the City may, in the event of assemblage of persons
in such numbers as to tend to intimidate pickets pursuing their lawful
objective through numbers alone or through use of inflammatory words,
direct the dispersal of persons so assembled and may arrest any person
who fails to absent himself/herself from the place of such assemblage
when so directed by the Police.
B.
Whenever
the free passage of any street or right-of-way in the City shall be
obstructed by a crowd, the persons composing such crowd shall disperse
or move on when directed to do so by a Police Officer. It shall be
unlawful for any person to refuse to disperse or move on when directed
by a Police Officer as herein provided.
Picketing of commercial establishments shall be conducted in
such a manner so as not to interfere with adjoining businesses and
must be immediately in front of the establishment that is being picketed.
