Subject: 9912/Code/Sec25-44/ObstructingHighways,etc.
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9912 
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, CHAPTER 25, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
                   25-44, RELATIVE TO OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAYS,
                   PASSAGEWAYS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
                   THOROUGHFARES (AND PLACES WHERE THE PUBLIC
                   GATHERS).
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       25, be and is hereby amended so as to add a new Section 25-44 as
       follows:
            Sec. 25-44.	   Obstructing highways, passageways,
                           sidewalks and other thoroughfares (and
                           places where the public gathers.)
           
            	 (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person, without
            legal authority or privilege, to intentionally,
            knowingly or recklessly obstruct a highway, street,
            sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, isle or hallway
            to which the public, or a substantial portion of the
            public, has access or any other place used for the
            passage of persons, vehicles or conveyances, whether the
            obstruction arises from the person's acts alone or from
            the person's acts and the acts of others.
           
            	 (b)  It shall be unlawful for any person to disobey
            a reasonable request or order to move issued by a person
            known to be a law enforcement officer, a fireman, or a
            person with authority to control the use of premises to
            prevent obstruction of a highway or passageway, maintain
            public safety by disbursing those gathered in dangerous
            proximity to a fire, riot or other hazard.
           
            	 (c)  "Obstruction" means to render passage
            unreasonably inconvenient, dangerous, and/or potentially
            injurious to person or property.
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       	    	 SECTION 2.  That this ordinance shall be effective two
       (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading July 13, 1993.	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:   X   DISAPPROVED: _______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  July 15, 1993.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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