Agenda 05-10-22; 5 - Additional Discussion on Regulation of Large Gatherings

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12 at the parade, or any person upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within 500 feet of the parade. No firearms or dangerous weapons of any kind may be openly possessed or displayed by any participant in a picket, or any person affiliated with and present at the picket. These restrictions shall not apply to law enforcement officers, park rangers, soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces and National Guard, while within the course and scope of their official duties and when reasonably necessary to perform official governmental duties of the organization. (2) Signs and posters. No hand-carried signs or posters transported in any parade or picket shall be of greater density than eight-ply, .030 thickness cardboard. No support for the sign or poster shall be of a metallic substances, nor thicker than one inch by two inches. (3) Responsibility for conduct. The person designated on the application or notice as the activity chairperson shall be physically present and shall accept responsibility for compliance with any and all relevant conditions and restrictions.This person shall carry the parade permit or receipt of notice issued by the Department on his or her person at all times from initial assembly through final dispersal. (4) Waiver. The applicant, the activity chairperson, if different from the applicant, and the person on whose behalf the parade is conducted, if applicable, shall file with the Department a waiver and release, signed by each, releasing, indemnifying, and saving all officers, appointees, officials, deputies, and employees of the county,the Sheriff of Orange County, and Orange County harmless for any claims, actions, and lawsuits arising out of the conduct of the parade or picket. (5) Interference with activity. Every parade shall follow the route designated and approved in the permit issued. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct, impede, or interfere with any parade assembly or picket, or with any person,vehicle, or animal participating or used in a parade or picket. (6) Assembly prior to beginning. At anytime prior to actual commencement of the parade or picket, on scene law enforcement officers may direct the activity chairperson and any other responsible party to have all participants in the parade make available all signs, posters and supports for inspection to ensure compliance with this section. Failure or refusal to cooperate with the inspection shall void and invalidate the parade permit until the time as the items are either made available for inspection, removed at least 500 feet from the parade or picket route or all participants who possess the items withdraw physically to a position at least 500 feet from the parade or picket route. No such inspection or compliance procedure shall alter in any manner the permitted time periods for any parade. (7) School property. Parades and Picketing are prohibited on, or within 500 feet of, public school property regardless of whether such public school property is owned, leased, or controlled by a Local Education Agency or the county. This prohibition does not apply to enrolled students or employees of a public school where such activity occurs and when such activity is organized by enrolled students or employees of the public school. (8) Playgrounds. Parades and Picketing are prohibited on, or within 500 feet of, playgrounds.