STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR PICKETING ACTIVITIES.
Raleigh City Code § 12-1057
in effectSec. 12-1057. - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR PICKETING ACTIVITIES.
(a) Picketing shall be conducted only on portions of the public ways not used primarily for vehicular parking or moving traffic.
(b) Pickets may carry written or printed placards or signs not exceeding thirty-six (36) inches provided the words used would not tend to incite violence.
(c) If pickets promoting different objectives, causes, actions or policies desire to use a sidewalk that is already used for picketing, the Chief of Police or the Chief's designated agents shall allot a number of pickets promoting each objective, to use such sidewalk, on an equitable basis, proportionate to the number of objectives being promoted.
(d) Pickets shall be restricted to the use of the outermost half of the sidewalk or other public way nearest the street and shall not at any time nor in any way obstruct, interfere with, or block: persons entering or exiting from vehicles; persons crossing streets or otherwise using the public way; the entrance or exit to any building or access to property abutting the street or sidewalk; a driveway serving any building or abutting property; or pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(e) No person observing, engaging in, or assisting in picketing shall bring to or allow to remain in the immediate area of picketing any vicious animal.
(f) It shall be unlawful for a group of ten or more persons to picket without filing a notice as required herein.
(g) The provisions of §§12-1055 through 12-1057 are mandatory, and not merely directory, and failure to comply with the provisions of these sections is hereby declared to be unlawful and punishable as provided by law. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and may also be enforced through issuance of a civil penalty pursuant to §14-1005, through injunctive or other equitable relief, or a combination of remedies.
(Code 1959, §15-35.1(d)—(i), (k)—(m); Ord. No. 2006-977, §2, 3-7-06; Ord. No. 2019-20, §1, 11-19-19; Ord. No. 2022-339, §39, 2-15-22)
Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT12LIRE_CH1STPUWA_ARTCPADESTEV_S12-1057STCOPIACFetched: 11/1/2026