§ 102-650 — Prohibitions

Sec. 102-650. - Prohibitions.

The following prohibitions shall apply to all parades and public assemblies: (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to stage, present or conduct any parade or public assembly without first having obtained a permit as herein provided; (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to participate in a parade or public assembly for which the person knows a permit has not been granted; (3) It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of, or responsible for the conduct of a duly licensed parade or public assembly to knowingly fail to comply with, deviate from or alter any terms or conditions of the permit; (4) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any parade or public assembly activity that would constitute a substantial hazard to the public safety or that would materially interfere with or endanger the public peace or rights of residents to the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of their property; (5) It shall be unlawful for any person participating in any parade or public assembly to carry or possess any length of lumber, wood, plastic or PVC, or similar material for any purpose, such as displaying a sign, poster, flag, plaque or notice, etc., unless such object is one-fourth inch or less in thickness and two inches or less in width, or if not generally rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-fourths inch in its thickest dimension. It shall be unlawful for any person participating in any parade or public assembly to carry or possess any length of metal; (6) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any sign, poster, plaque, or notice, whether or not mounted on a length of material as specified in subsection (5) of the section, unless such sign, poster, plaque, or notice is constructed or made of a cloth, paper or cardboard material; (7) It shall be unlawful for any person participating in a parade or public assembly to utilize sound amplification equipment at levels that do not comply with the provisions of chapter 34, article III, Sound, of this Code; (8) It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive, or cause to be ridden or driven any animal or any animal-drawn vehicle upon any public street, unless specifically authorized by the permit; (9) No person participating in a permitted parade or public assembly shall carry or wear any glass bottles, balloons filled with anything other than helium or air, body armor, bricks, stones, water guns, operational gas masks, or slingshots or similar manual projectile-launching equipment; (10) No person participating in a permitted parade or public assembly shall carry any open flame; (11) Unlawful to cross crowd restraint device: a. Definition. Whenever used in this section, the term "crowd restraint device" shall mean any impediment or structure erected, put into place, or established by a law enforcement officer or other authorized city personnel on or along the streets or other public areas of the city for the purpose of directing, coordinating, or restricting the movement of pedestrians, and/or vehicles in and around parades, or other public assembly that involve vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic. Such devices shall include, but are not limited to, any rope, cable, wire, plastic ribbon, wooden or metal barricades and/or the posting of uniformed or other personnel otherwise identifiable as law enforcement officers. b. Violation. Except as provided herein, it shall be unlawful for any person to disregard, cross, traverse, go over, under, around or through a crowd restraint device or to move or relocate such device for the purpose of avoiding its restraint. c. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: 1. Emergency situations when it is necessary to disregard a crowd restraint device or where such movement is authorized by a member of the police department, 2. Officials; officers; agents or employees of the city, county, state or federal government in the course of performing their official duties, 3. Emergency medical personnel in the course of performing their official duties; (12) It shall be unlawful for an individual to conceal one's physical identity during any parade or public assembly by wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of that individual's face: a. With the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass any other individual; b. With the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, privileges, or immunities under the law, or for the purpose of hindering the authorities from giving or securing for all person's equal protections under the laws; c. With the intent, by force or threat of force, to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person because of his or her exercise of any right secured by local, state, or federal laws; d. For the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification during the commission of a criminal offense.

(Ord. No. 2008-12, § I, 7-15-2008; Ord. No. 2017-9, 9-19-2017; Ord. No. 2020-9, 7-21-2020; Ord. No. 2021-15, § II, 11-2-2021)