Section 17.36.110 Offenses.

1. It shall be unlawful for persons to collect, assemble or group together and after being so collected, assembled or grouped together, stand or loiter on any portion of the skywalk system to the hindrance or obstruction of free passage of any person or persons passing on or along such skywalk system.

2. It shall be unlawful for persons to congregate, stand, loaf or loiter in or in front of any doorway, exit or entrance to any portion of the skywalk system so as to obstruct same, hinder or prevent persons walking along or into or out of same or attempting or desiring to do so.

3. Groups of three or more persons who do not immediately leave the vicinity or disperse or cease their obstruction when asked to do so by any member of the public, by any member of the board or its officers, agents, employees or representatives, or by the police, shall be presumed to have congregated, stood, loafed, or loitered in violation of subsections 1 and 2 above, but it shall not be necessary to request such people to move, leave the vicinity or to disperse or cease their obstruction in order to prove a violation of subsections 1 and 2 above.

4. No more than two persons at any one time shall use a portion of the skywalk system within a line of visibility as a locus for peaceful picketing, public speaking, leafleting, or other lawful expression of opinion not in contravention of other laws. It shall be unlawful to conduct such activities in such a manner as to block or hinder any use of the skywalk system or normal activities in adjacent buildings or properties. The board may, by rules and regulations, designate certain portions of the skywalk system as a locus for such activities and it shall then be unlawful to conduct such activities in any other portion of the skywalk system.

5. No person shall bring, allow or permit an animal to be in the skywalk system, except that a sight or hearing impaired person may bring a dog trained as a seeing eye or hearing dog into the skywalk system.

6. No person shall sit, kneel, lounge, or otherwise recline upon the floors, stairs or fixtures of the skywalk system, except for benches or seats provided in nodal areas.

7. No person shall play or cause to be played a radio or tape player or other sound-amplifying device in the skywalk system so as to permit sound from same to be audible to other persons, except:

b. Persons in those businesses along the skywalk system may continue to play radios, tape players and other sound-amplifying devices as is usual in the course of business and which does not unreasonably infringe upon the rights of the users of the skywalk system and neighboring businesses;

c. A radio or tape player or other sound-amplifying device may be played within the skywalk system when a permit to do so has been issued by the board.

8. Other than wheelchairs or motorized wheelchairs used by handicapped persons, small delivery carts to be pushed as part of the operations of businesses located on the skywalk system, and vehicles used in servicing, operating, maintaining and repairing the skywalk system, no person shall use or operate a motor vehicle, moped, bicycle, skateboard, roller skates or other wheeled device in the skywalk system.

9. No person shall deposit, throw, discard, or place, or cause to be deposited, thrown, discarded, or placed upon or within a surface in the skywalk system any bottle, glass, can, garbage, papers, refuse, feces, trash, or rubbish other than in a designated trash receptacle.

10. No person or group shall promote, advertise, or sell articles, goods, or services, or conduct or engage in any form of solicitation, or conduct or engage in or cause to be presented any type of exhibition, show, performance, or entertainment in the skywalk system unless such person or group shall first have obtained a permit to do so from the board. (Ord. 84/T-3053)