Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 435 Seditious, Indecent and Opprobrious Language, Etc

It is unlawful for any person to utter, publish, or use any seditious language, words, remarks, or epithets, or to address to another, any such language, words, remarks or epithets, which create or provoke or tend to create or provoke, a breach of the peace.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 1; June 17, 1960)

It is unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or cross walk so as to in any manner annoy or molest persons passing along the same.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 2; June 17, 1960)

It is unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or at the entrance of, or approach to any church, hall theatre, park or place of public assemblage so as to in any manner obstruct said entrance or approach.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 3; June 17, 1960)

It is unlawful for any person to beset or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, where any person is employed or seeks employment, or any place or approach thereto, where such employee or person seeking employment lodges or resides, for the purpose of inducing such employee or person seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts or [of] violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 4; June 17, 1960)

It is unlawful for any person to beset or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, for the purpose of inducing others, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence or fear, to refrain from entering such premises, or to refrain from patronizing, negotiating with or transacting business with the owner or occupant of such premises.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 5; June 17, 1960)

It is unlawful for any person, in association or agreement with one or more persons, to assemble, congregate, or meet together in the vicinity of any premises where other persons are employed or seek employment, or upon the streets, highways, approaches, or places adjacent thereto, for the purpose of inducing such employees or persons seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 6; June 17, 1960)

It us unlawful for any person, in association or agreement with one or more persons, to assemble, congregate or meet together in the vicinity of the premises of another, or upon the streets, highways or approaches thereto, for the purpose of inducing others by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence or fear, to refrain from entering such premises, or to refrain from patronizing, negotiating with or transacting business with the owner or occupant of such premises.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 7; June 17, 1960)

It us unlawful for any person to utter to, or within the hearing of, another, any derogatory, indecent, opprobrious epithets or language, or to make any loud or unusual noise, or speak in a loud or unusual tone, or to cry out or proclaim, or to use any gestures for the purpose of inducing any person, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment, or to refrain from patronizing, negotiating with, or transacting business with any other person.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 8; June 17, 1960)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 9; June 17, 1960)

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or held to prohibit peaceable picketing, nor to prohibit labor from attempting to accomplish its aims in trade disputes by other peaceable means, including collective bargaining.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 10; June 17, 1960)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Chapter. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this Chapter and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases thereof be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

(Ord. 231, Sec. 11; June 17, 1960)