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ORDINANCE #21-10 <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 34,ARTICLE IV,ADDING.SECTION 133 - <br /> TARGETED PICKETING IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. <br /> The City of Ramsey ordains: <br /> SECTION 1. PURPOSE <br /> The city has an interest in the protection of residential privacy, the wellbeing and tranquility of <br /> the home, and protecting citizens from unwanted speech when they are a captive audience within <br /> their homes. The city council finds that, without resorting to targeted residential picketing, ample <br /> opportunities exist for those otherwise engaged in targeted residential picketing to exercise <br /> constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and expression. <br /> SECTION 2. AUTHORITY <br /> Pursuant to the authority granted by Minnesota Statutes, section 609.748, subd. 9, the City of <br /> Ramsey hereby prohibits targeted picketing in residential neighborhoods. <br /> SECTION 3. AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE CHAPTER 34,ARTICLE IV- OFFENSES <br /> INVOLVING PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER: <br /> Sec. 34-133. Targeted picketing in residential neighborhoods. <br /> (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section,the term "targeted residential picketing" <br /> means: <br /> (1) Marching, standing, or patrolling by one or more persons directed solely at <br /> a particular residential building in a manner that adversely affects the safety, security, or <br /> privacy of an occupant of the building; or <br /> (2) Marching, standing, or patrolling by one or more persons which prevents <br /> an occupant of a residential building from gaining access to or exiting from the property <br /> on which the residential building is located; or <br /> (3) Standing, marching,patrolling or picketing by one or more persons <br /> focused in front of or adjacent to a particular residential dwelling without the consent of <br /> that dwelling's occupants. <br /> (b) Purpose. The city has an interest in the protection of residential privacy, the wellbeing <br /> and tranquility of the home, and protecting citizens from unwanted speech when they are a <br /> captive audience within their homes. The city council finds that, without resorting to targeted <br />