Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Loitering and Targeted Residential Picketing

It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, sit, be or remain loitering in or upon any public street, land, alley, highway, sidewalk or crosswalk in the city in such a manner as to hinder or obstruct the free passage thereupon of any person or vehicle desiring to use the same, or in such manner as to assault persons passing along the same, or to stand in or at the entrance of any theater, church, school or place of public assemblage so as to obstruct such entrance and prevent the free ingress or egress of persons desiring to use such entrance.

(`83 Code, § 9.20.010) (Ord. 82-29 § 1, 1982)

(A) No person shall engage in picketing activity that is targeted at and is within 300 hundred feet of a residential dwelling.

(B) For purposes of this chapter, the term RESIDENTIAL DWELLING means any permanent building being used by its occupants solely for non-transient residential uses.

(C) For purposes of this chapter, 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.

(D) This chapter does not and shall not be interpreted to preclude picketing in a residential area that is not targeted at a particular residential dwelling.

(Ord. 2004-13U § 2 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-13 § 2 (part), 2004)

(A) Any person who is aggrieved by an act prohibited by this chapter may bring an action for damages, injunctive and/or declaratory relief, as appropriate, in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person who has violated, has conspired to violate, or proposes to violate the provisions of this chapter.

(B) Any aggrieved person who prevails in such an action shall be entitled to recover from the violator those damages, costs, attorneys' fees and such other relief as determined by the court. In addition to all other damages or relief, the court may award to the aggrieved person a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation of this chapter.

(C) The remedies provided by this chapter are in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies the aggrieved person may have and are not intended to be exclusive.

(Ord. 2004-13U § 2 (part), 2004; Ord. 2004-13 § 2 (part), 2004)

In addition to any civil remedy created herein, the violation of any provision of §§ 9.20.020 or 9.20.030 shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day such a violation exists shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of those sections. In addition to the foregoing, any violation of §§ 9.20.020 or 9.20.030 shall constitute a public nuisance and shall be subject to abatement as provided by all applicable provisions of law.

(Ord. 2004-13U § 3, 2004; Ord. 2004-13 § 3, 2004)