Monte Sereno Municipal Code Ch. 4.15 Targeted Picketing of Residences

The following terms shall, for purposes of this Chapter, have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.

A. "Residential Dwelling" means as a permanent building being used by its occupants solely for non-transient residential uses.

B. "Targeted picketing" means picketing activity that is directed at a particular residential dwelling and proceeds on a definite course or route in front of or around that residential dwelling.

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

A person who is aggrieved by acts prohibited by section 4.15.020 may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive or declaratory relief and/or damages.

The damages may include costs, attorneys' fees and such other relief as allowed by the court, including, but not limited to a civil penalty in the amount of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

These remedies are in addition to any other equitable or legal remedies available to the aggrieved person, and are in addition to remedies that may be available in the criminal process.

Any person violating any provision of Section 4.15.020 of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or both fine and imprisonment.