Legal Documents of Sweetwater

It shall be unlawful for any person, club, organization, or group to hold any meeting, parade, demonstration, or exhibition on the public streets without some responsible representative first securing a permit from the recorder. No permit shall be issued by the recorder unless such activity will not unreasonably interfere with traffic and unless such representative shall agree to see to the immediate cleaning up of all litter which shall be left on the streets as a result of the activity. No permit shall be issued unless applied for no later than 10 days prior to the proposed date of the parade and unless approved by the city recorder, the chief of police, and the street superintendent. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful for any person obtaining such a permit to fail to carry out his agreement to clean up the resulting litter immediately. This section shall not apply to single individuals who wish to peacefully deliver unamplified speech or written materials on sidewalks or to small groups that use public property, such as parks, where their activity does not interfere with vehicular traffic. (1982 Code, § 12-110, as amended by Ord. #578, Dec. 1985, and Ord. #956, Jan. 2018)