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3 <br /> ORD - 2022 - 018 <br /> Sec . 24 - 5 . - Regulating Picketing . <br /> ( a ) Definitions . The following definitions shall apply to this section unless the context clearly indicates or <br /> requires a different meaning . <br /> ( 1 ) Picket or Picketing . The activity or circumstance whereby one or more persons gather for any <br /> common purpose including but not limited to a vigil , protest, observation , demonstration , or other <br /> action which primarily promotes or objects to a person , policy, political candidate, issue, or action . <br /> ( 2 ) Playground . A confined outdoor area set aside for recreation and play at a public facility <br /> containing equipment such as seesaws and swings . <br /> ( 3 ) School Property . Real property operated , controlled , orImaihtained by a public school system for <br /> the purpose of providing primary or secondary educatio„nt o students including adjacent school <br /> IN <br /> controlled parking facilities and lots , recreation areaslIlopen spaces and sports facilities and fields . <br /> 11 <br /> I'd ! ' <br /> ( b ) Prohibition . <br /> f [1 , <br /> II tl <br /> ( 1 ) School Property . Picketing is prohibited orn ;school Property, or on pub' IiId' ewalks or public ways , <br /> If <br /> or on private property by persons other than the ' property owner or the property owner' s immediate <br /> ljl� . � u <br /> family, within 1000 feet of School Property . Thisp,rohibition ' aplies only durih'g school hours or <br /> fliij <br /> ui I ' <br /> school activities during which students are present on School ' Property for educationall , athletic, or <br /> school sponsored extra - curricularll, pu rposes . <br /> , I <br /> II - li n I! <br /> i ( 'ii� n i cif Ir;iil f u <br /> ( 2 ) Playgrounds . Picketing is prohibited on , or wvvithin 1000 fee tbf, Playgrounds when children under <br /> Oil <br /> age 18 are present op ; and utilizing the ' if <br /> � � <br /> l <br /> l Iir I , —iI II � fI ' i 'i <br /> ( c)Except i , i i� 'iI <br /> u �1 I � ' i'' I `q <br /> L I� <br /> fl I I <br /> fi <br /> I„ <br /> If <br /> ( 1 ) State and Federal Property Pi�cl< eting on state owned or federally owned property is not subject <br /> it 11I <br /> to the terms and prohibjitions � ifthis ; section . „I <br /> ii I I ills � , I ii. ,ll. Ii t fil. <br /> 7 - <br /> if , Ilff ail ul <br /> ( 2 ) Goyerhmehtf meetings l Nothing in this section is intended to regulate attendance or conduct at <br /> �i, `Ir �' 'I;U Ilif�f6 , � �,I iI - <br /> Yfpub' lic meetings of governmental , bodies . <br /> ,i <br /> ( 3 ) En'rolled Students . The prohibition in subsection ( b ) ( 1 ) does not apply to enrolled students of a <br /> school where such act ivity 'IKill <br /> occurs . Jr <br /> I , . <br /> ( d ) Penalty . Penaltie 's for violations as" authorized by North Carolina General Statute 153A- 123 . <br /> nIlii <br /> ( 1 ) Fine . All violations of ,thjs ;section shall subject the violator to a civil penalty of $ 100, recoverable <br /> 1pqlin the nature ofVll;debt I; 'h� � , ; , I � f' <br /> If If <br /> ( 2 ) Equitable Relief. The County may seek an injunction , order of abatement, or other equitable <br /> relief against Picketers or private property owners hosting Pickets conducted by the public . <br /> ( 3 ) Trespass . Violators of this section who are present on School Property or Playgrounds shall be <br /> immediately deemed to be without authorization to remain on such property and thus are deemed <br /> to be trespassing on the property on which they are Picketing or attempting to Picket . <br />