§ 1.6. Conduct of Visitors.

Council has a significant interest in conducting orderly, efficient, effective, and dignified meetings. All visitors to meetings of Council and Committees must not act in a manner constituting Disturbing a Lawful Meeting.

The Presiding Officer may order the removal of any person Disturbing a Lawful Meeting, or failing to comply with any lawful decision or order by the Presiding Officer. In cases of a person or persons Disturbing a Lawful Meeting, the Presiding Officer may ban such persons from all Council and Committee meetings for a period of 60 days, in addition to any other penalties provided by law. The Clerk of Council shall be responsible for notifying suspended individuals of the duration of their suspension.

In the interest of other speakers and fair enforcement of Council Rules, time limits on speakers at Council and Committee meetings shall be strictly and equally enforced. When a speaker's time has expired, he or she shall promptly conclude his or her sentence and cease speaking.

Signs, placards, posters and other items brought into Council chambers must not exceed 2 ft. × 3 ft. in size. Persons at Council or Committee meetings may not carry or hold signs, placards, posters or other items in a manner that obstructs the view of others.

The use of sticks, poles or supports made of wood, metal, plastic or any rigid material is strictly prohibited in Council chambers.

Any sign, placard, poster, or other item brought into Council chambers containing obscene or profane language, personal attack, libel, defamation, or threat of physical violence, shall be subject to removal at the discretion of the Presiding Officer.

Violators must remove from Council chambers any sign determined by the Presiding Officer to be in violation of this rule. The Presiding Officer has the discretion to order the removal of persons who violate this rule following a warning from the Presiding Officer.