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§ 25-39 — Permit required; exceptions

Code of the City of Charleston, South Carolina (Supp. No. 115: codified through Ordinance No. 2026-092, enacted May 26, 2026) · Charleston, S.C., City Code § 25-39

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Sec. 25-39. - Permit required; exceptions.

(a) No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any First Amendment demonstration, consisting of twenty-five (25) or more persons, unless a First Amendment demonstration permit shall have been obtained from the chief of police. Any person engaging in any First Amendment demonstration for which a First Amendment demonstration permit has been issued shall not violate any of the conditions or provisions of such permit. (b) This section shall not apply to: A First Amendment demonstration consisting of less than twenty-five (25) persons or a spontaneous gathering. Organizers of a First Amendment demonstration consisting of less than twenty-five (25) persons or a spontaneous gathering are encouraged to give as much advanced notice as reasonably possible to permit the city to provide services necessary to promote, protect, and assure the safety and convenience of citizens in their use of city streets, sidewalks, parks, and of city property. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the city from enforcing other laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, conditions or provisions, adopted to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the city and its citizens.

(Ord. No. 2021-105, § 1, 7-29-21)