[HISTORY: Adopted New Canaan Town Council
5-10-89, effective 5-26-89. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is 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 and dwellings the feeling
of well-being, tranquillity and privacy, and when absent from their
homes and dwellings, carry with them the sense of security inherent
in the assurance that they may return to the enjoyment of their homes
and dwellings; that the practice of picketing before or about residences
and dwellings causes emotional disturbance and distress to the occupants;
obstructs and interferes with the free use of public sidewalks and
public ways of travel; 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 ordinance will
continue to exist, for the exercise of freedom of speech and other
constitutional rights; and that the provisions hereinafter enacted
are necessary for the public interest to avoid the detrimental results
herein set forth.
It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing
before or about the residence or dwelling of any individual in the
Town of New Canaan.
Any person violating the provisions of this
section of the Town Code of the Town of New Canaan shall be fined
$100.
The invalidity of any word, clause, section
or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any
other part, which can be given effect without such invalid part or
parts.
This ordinance becomes effective on May 26,
1989.
