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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 50, Article III, of the City of Elk River, Minnesota
City Code Relating to and Regulating Targeted Picketing in Residential Neighborhoods
in the City of Elk River.
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 50, Article III, of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be
amended by adding the new §50-63, Residential Targeted Picketing to read as follows:
(a) Puoose. The City has an interest in the protection of residential privacy, the wellbeing and
tranquility of the home, and protecting citizens from unwanted speech when they are a
captive audience within their homes. The City Council finds that, without resorting to
targeted residential picketing, ample opportunities exist for those otherwise engaged in
targeted residential picketing to exercise constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and
expression.
(b) Definitions For the purposes of this Section, the term "targeted residential picketing"
means:
1. Marching, standing or patrolling by one or more persons directed solely at a particular
residential building in a manner that adversely affects the safety, security, or privacy of
an occupant of the building; or
2. Marching, standing or patrolling by one or more persons which prevents an occupant
of a residential building from gaining access to or exiting from the property on which
the residential building is located; or
3. Standing, marching, patrolling or picketing by one or more persons focused in front
of or adjacent to a particular residential dwelling without the consent of that dwelling's
occupant or occupants.
(c) Probibited Activity. No person shall engage in targeted residential picketing within the City.
(d) ViolationlPenalty. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) Severability. Should any section, clause or other provision of this Section be held to be
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the Section as a whole, or of any part thereof, other than the part held to be invalid.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and be published as provided by
law.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this 166,-�.day of February, 2021.
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Tina Allard, City Clerk
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CITY OF ELK RIVER,
MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE 21 - 3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 50, ARTICLE
III, OF THE CITY CODE
RELATING TO AND
REGULATING TARGETED
PICKETING IN RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
The City Council of the City of
Elk River does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION_ 1. That Chapter 50,
Article Ili, of the City of Elk Riv-
er Code of Ordinances shall be
amended by adding the new §50-
63, Residential Targeted Picket-
ing to read as follows:
(a) Purpose. The City has an
interest in the protection of resi-
dential privacy, the wellbeing and
tranquility of the home, and pro-
tecting citizens from unwanted
speech when they are a captive
audience within their homes. The
City Council finds that, without re-
sorting to targeted residential pick-
eting, ample opportunities exist for
those otherwise engaged in target-
ed residential picketing to exercise
constitutionally protected freedoms
of speech and expression.
(b) Definitions. For the purposes
of this Section, the term "targeted
residential picketing" means:
1. Marching, standing or pa-
trolling by one or more persons
directed solely at a particular res-
idential building in a manner that
adversely affects the safety, securi-
ty, or privacy of an occupant of the
building; or
2. Marching, standing or pa-
trolling by one or more persons
which prevents an occupant of a
residential building from gaining
access to or exiting from the prop-
erty on which the residential build-
ing is located; or
3. Standing, marching, patrolling
or picketing by one or more per-
sons focused in front of or adjacent
to a particular residential dwelling
without the consent of that dwell-
ing's occupant or occupants.
(c) Prohibited Activiry. No per-
son shall engage in targeted resi-
dential picketing within the City.
(d) Violation/Penalty. Every per-
son convicted of a violation of any
provision of this Section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(a) Severability. Should any sec-
tion, clause or other provision of
this Section be held to be invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the
validity of the Section as a whole,
or of any part thereof, other than
the part held to be invalid.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance
shall take effect upon adoption and
be published as provided by law.
Passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Elk River this
16th day of February, 2021.
By: John J. Dietz, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: Tina Allard, City Clerk
Published in the
Star News
February 27, 2021
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Ad, ID 1117392