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24 <br /> (3) Responsibility for conduct. The person designated on the application or notice as the activity <br /> chairperson or comparable party shall be physically present and shall accept responsibility for <br /> compliance with any and all relevant conditions and restrictions.This person shall carry the parade <br /> permit or receipt of notice issued by the Sheriff on his or her person at all times from initial assembly <br /> through final dispersement. <br /> (4) Waiver. The applicant shall file with the Sheriff a waiver, signed by the applicant, releasing and <br /> saving all officers, appointees, officials, deputies, employees of the county and the Sheriff of the county <br /> harmless for any claims, actions and lawsuits arising out of the conduct of the parade or picket, <br /> excepting those injuries or damages unlawfully and proximately caused by those persons named herein. <br /> (5) Interference with activity. Every parade shall follow the route designated and approved in the <br /> permit issued. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede or interfere with any parade <br /> assembly or picket, or with any person,vehicle or animal participation or used in a parade or picket. <br /> (6) Assembly prior to beginning. At anytime prior to actual commencement of the parade or picket, <br /> the Sheriff or his or her authorized representative may request the parade chairperson or other <br /> responsible party to have all participants in the parade make available all signs, posters and supports for <br /> inspection to ensure compliance with this section. Failure or refusal to cooperate with the inspection <br /> shall void and invalidate the parade permit until the time as the items are either made available for <br /> inspection, removed at least 500 feet from the parade or picket route or all participants who possess the <br /> items withdraw physically to a position at least 500 feet from the parade or picket route. No such <br /> inspection or compliance procedure shall alter in any manner the permitted time periods for any <br /> parade. <br /> (6) The following standards shall apply to the conduct of pickets or picketing activities. <br /> (1) Picketing shall be conducted only on portions of the public ways not otherwise regulated and <br /> not used primarily for vehicular parking or moving traffic. <br /> (2) Any signs or posters carried by any picket must not exceed 24 inches on any side and must <br /> otherwise comply with the conditions of this section. <br /> (3) Pickets must, if marching, march in single file, not abreast, and may not march closer together <br /> than 15 feet, except in passing one another. Pickets not marching shall remain at least 15 feet apart. <br /> (4) If pickets promoting different objectives, causes, actions or policies desire to use a sidewalk or <br /> public right-of-way that is already used for picketing, the Sheriff or his or her designated agents may <br /> allot a number of pickets promoting each objective to use the sidewalk or public way on an equitable <br /> basis, proportionate to the number of objectives being promoted. <br /> (5) Pickets shall be restricted to the use of the outermost half of the sidewalk or other public way <br /> nearest the street and shall not at any time nor in any way obstruct, interfere with, or block persons <br /> entering or exiting from vehicles, persons crossing streets or otherwise using the public way,the <br /> entrance or exit to any building or access to property abutting the street or sidewalk or pedestrian or <br /> vehicular traffic. <br /> (1984 Code, § 2-12-21) (Ord. passed 6-2-1986) Penalty, see § 93.99 <br />