Carlsbad Municipal Code Ch. 8.54 Picketing

It is the intent of the City Council in enacting Section 8.54.020 to adopt a limited prohibition against targeted residential picketing which shall be construed and applied in accordance with the interpretation given to a similar ordinance by the United States Supreme Court in Frisby v. Schultz (1988) 487 U.S. 474. Section 8.54.020 shall only prohibit picketing focused on and taking place in front of a particular residence. The limited purpose of the prohibition is to preclude intrusion upon the constitutionally protected privacy rights of the targeted resident.

(Ord. NS-241 § 1, 1993; Ord. NS-314 § 1, 1995)

It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing activity that is targeted at and is within 300 feet of a residential dwelling.

A. For purposes of this section, the term "residential dwelling" means any permanent building being used by its occupants solely for nontransient residential uses.

B. For purposes of this section, the term "targeted picketing" means picketing activity that is targeted at a particular residential dwelling and proceeds on a definite course or route in front of or around that particular residential dwelling.

C. This section does not and shall not be interpreted to preclude picketing in a residential area that is not targeted at a particular residential dwelling.

(Ord. NS-241 § 1, 1993; Ord. NS-314 § 2, 1995)