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Impede:To prevent progress or movement,or to engage in an activity that would deter a <br />reasonable person from progressing or moving in the area of the activity. <br />Landscaped Planting Area:For purposes of EC 4.872(2)(f),any public area set aside for <br />planting of trees,shrubs,flowers or other vegetation,except grass,including but not limited to, <br />barked tree wells,planters of any material or shape,and the interior of a city-created boundary that <br />encompasses planters and other space. <br />Pedestrian:A person who is on foot or assisted by a mobility device and able to move <br />immediately to accommodate other public pedestrian area users. <br />Public Pedestrian Area:Any public sidewalk,alley,plaza,and park,excluding public <br />areas under the primary control of entities other than the city.It also includes public streets during <br />the time streets are closed to vehicular traffic for a city-sponsored or permitted event. <br />R-4.872-B Unimpeded Public Pedestrian Areas. <br />For purposes of EC ,4.872(l)(b),access to any public pedestrian area or to any <br />public or private building adjacent to the public pedestrian area is impeded when there is less than <br />an eight-foot wide travel lane clear for pedestrian use. <br />1. <br />Sitting at a city-designated place to sit that is located within the public pedestrian <br />area is not impeding access to a public pedestrian area,even if the city-designated place to sit <br />leaves less than an eight-foot wide travel lane clear for pedestrian use. <br />2. <br />R-4.872-C Authorized use of Amplified Sound. <br />When not otherwise authorized through an activity permit issued for an event,for <br />purposes of EC 4.872(l)(f),a person may obtain an activity permit to set up or operate a public <br />address system or other amplified sound equipment by filing an application on a form provided by <br />the City no less than seven days before the proposed use.The application shall be accompanied by <br />the application fee established by the City Manger pursuant to EC 2.020.The seven-day time <br />limitation for the filing of an activity permit application may be waived if the applicant can show <br />that the event or events giving rise to the activity permit application did not reasonably allow the <br />applicant time to file within the time prescribed and imposition of the time limitations would place <br />an unreasonable restriction on the right of free speech. <br />1. <br />2.Any activity permit that authorizes an applicant to set up or operate a public address <br />system or other amplified sound equipment to project sound shall include all of the following <br />conditions: <br />(a)Hours of operation shall be no earlier than 6:00 a.m.and no later than 1 1 :00 <br />p.m.; <br />The volume of outdoor sound shall be controlled so that it will not be <br />audible for a distance in excess of 250 feet from the public address system or other <br />amplified sound equipment;and, <br />(b) <br />Administrative Order -Page 2 of 3