Sec. 94-121. Residential picketing.
(a) Definitions:.
(1) Directed, focused, or targeted at means that a particular private residence or any of its occupants has been made the sole object of picketing and that the picketing takes place either directly in front of the targeted private residence, or directly in front of an adjacent private residence, or on either side of the targeted residence.
(2) Picket means to station or post one or more persons, with or without a sign, before or about a targeted residence.
(3) Private residence means a single-family detached unit, single-family attached unit, or multi-family dwelling.
(4) Residential zone district means a section of the city which has been designated for single-family detached, single-family attached, or multi-family dwellings.
(b) Picketing of private residence prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing which is directed, focused, or targeted solely at a particular private residence located in a residential zone district and which either takes place directly in front of the targeted private residence, or directly in front of an adjacent private residence, or on either side of the targeted residence.
(c) Exemption. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit:
(1) The picketing of a residence which is used as the occupant's sole place of business;
(2) The picketing of a residence used as a place of public meeting; or
(3) A person or group of persons from marching with or without signs in a residential zone area on a defined route without stopping at any particular private residence or residences. For purposes of this exemption, the term "defined route" must encompass at least a city block as measured by reference to intersecting street(s).
(4) A person or group from going door to door to proselytize their views.
(d) Time restrictions. Picketing under either exemption (c)(1) or (c)(2) or marching in residential zoned districts is permitted only during the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(e) Required warning. Before a person may be charged with violating this section, the person shall have been ordered at that time or at sometime prior thereto, to move or disperse by a police officer. In order to assure that appropriate warning has been given, the police department shall maintain a log indicating the specific address(es) of the targeted residence and adjacent residence(s), the date of the warning, and the name of the warned individual.
(f) Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that a person:
(1) Was not given a warning as provided in this section; or
(2) Promptly obeyed a warning as provided in this section. (Ord. No. 2000-09, § 1, 2-28-2000)