1988-1242413L
NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 (OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
ARTICLE HERETO THE OF IN
RESIDENTIALIAREAS, PRESCRIBINGNA PENALTYOINUTHE MAXIMUMKAMOUNT OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the protection and preservation of the home is the
keystone of democratic government, and
WHEREAS, the public health and welfare and the good order of
the community require that members of the community enjoy in their
homes and dwellings a feeling of well-being, tranquility, and
privacy, and when absent from their homes and dwellings, carry
sense security inherent in t
with them the they may return to the enjoyment of their homes and dwellings,tand
WHEREAS, 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, and
WHEREAS, such practice has as its object the harassing of such
occupants, and without resort to such practice full opportunity
exists for the exercise of freedom of speech and other constitu-
tional rights, and
WHEREAS, the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary for
the public interest to avoid the detrimental results hereinabove
set forth and are enacted by the City Council of the City of
Denton, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the City Council hereby adopts the findings
set ort n t e preamble hereof
SECTION II That Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the
city o enton, Texas is hereby amended by adding Article III
which shall read as follows
ARTICLE III
PICKETING
Sec 14 34 Picketing Residence or Dwelling Unlawful
(a) No person shall engage in picketing before or about
a residence or dwelling in the City of Denton
(b) It shall be an affirmative defense that the
residence or dwelling described in subsection (a)
also serves as a place of business that serves as
the purpose of the picketing
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense that a person is
picketing at the invitation of the individual
residing at the residence or dwelling
SECTION III Any person who shall violate a provision of
this or nance, or fails to comply therewith or with any of the
requirements thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued there-
under, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00) Each such person shall
be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or
portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance is
committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any such viola-
tions such person shall be punished within the limits above this
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fourteenlON IV aysTfrom the dateinan
cause the
Denton caption of this
ordinancce t~e hereby directed twice to
the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten
(10) days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 1988
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TEPHENS, MAYOR
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ATTEST
E r ALTERS, SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
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