Councilman Don Redman visits #OccupyJax AGAIN! Funny thing is he always makes JSO explain city ordnances to him. Doesn't he have a Council Assistant?
In this video, the Red Don of Downtown has to not only be educated by JSO but also by his constituents about his job as councilman. It's a shame really, but he's like one of those inflatable punching clowns, he just keeps popping back up!
Video by Citizen Journalist Zach Addair
http://qik.com/video/45644860
My lord, what a fantastic twit that guy is.
Sec. 420.212. - Places of assembly; permits required.
(a)
No place of assembly, as defined herein, shall be maintained, operated or used as such without a permit except that no permit shall be required for a place of assembly used solely as a place of religious worship.
(b)
Place of assembly means a room or space used for assembly or educational occupancy for 50 or more occupants used for these purposes. This room or space shall include any similar occupied connecting room or space in the same story or in a story or stories above or below where entrance is common to the rooms or spaces.
(Ord. 97-539-E, § 6)
Sec. 614.138. - Certain activities prohibited; definitions.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the "Urban Core Enhancement Area," after having been informed by a police officer that the following conduct is in violation of a City ordinance, and having been furnished by such police officer a card or other information sheet showing the locations of transient and/or homeless shelters, to engage in the following conduct:
(1)
Sleep, camp, lodge or lie on any sidewalk, highway, street, roadway, parking lot, park or picnic grounds, or other public or semi-public area, or in any building lobby, entranceway, plaza or common area;
(2)
Unless the place is temporarily or permanently set apart or designed for lodging in motor vehicles, sleep or lodge in or on any motor vehicle of an description parked in or on any street, sidewalk, highway, roadway, right-of-way, parking lot, park or picnic grounds or other public or semi-public area, or parked upon the grounds of any other persons without permission of the such person; or
(3)
Construct or maintain on any sidewalk, highway, street, roadway, right-of-way, parking lot, park or picnic grounds or other public or semi-public area, or upon the grounds of any other person without the permission of such person, any building, structure, tent or any other thing that is intended to be used for housing accommodations, lodging, sleeping or camping.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the "Urban Core Enhancement Area" to:
(1)
Solicit or beg on any sidewalk, highway, street, roadway, right-of-way, parking lot, park or picnic grounds or other public or semi-public area, or in any building lobby, entranceway, plaza or common area without the permission of the owner thereof; or
(2)
Approach an operator or other occupant of a motor vehicle for the purpose of soliciting or begging or offering to perform a service in connection with such vehicle or otherwise soliciting the sale of goods or services.
(c)
Except as provided in Section 804.806, Ordinance Code, it shall be unlawful for any person within the City to:
(1)
Solicit or beg in an aggressive manner on any sidewalk, highway, street, roadway, right-of-way, parking lot, park or picnic grounds or other public or semi-public area or in any building lobby, entranceway, plaza or common area; or
(2)
Approach an operator or other occupant of a motor vehicle for the purpose of soliciting or begging or offering to perform a service in connection with such vehicle or otherwise soliciting the sale of goods or services, if such soliciting or begging or offering or soliciting is done in an aggressive manner.
(d)
Certain terms used in this Section shall have the following meanings:
(1)
Aggressive manner shall mean:
(i)
Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after soliciting or begging, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to:
(A)
Fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property, or
(B)
Otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value, or
(C)
Suffer unreasonable annoyance or alarm;
(ii)
Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or a vehicle operated by another person, without that person's consent, in the course of soliciting or begging;
(iii)
Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means, including unreasonably causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact; or
(iv)
Using violent or threatening gestures toward a person being solicited or begged.
(2)
Camp or camping means either sleeping or otherwise being in a temporary shelter out-of-doors, sleeping out-of-doors or cooking over an open flame out-of-doors, except that "camp" or "camping" does not include in their meaning only so-called "tailgating," picnicking or other similar temporary celebratory activity conducted in good faith in connection with the occurrence of a legitimate sporting event, concert, theatrical event or similar activity conducted by a school, college, professional sports association, orchestra, governmental agency, religious or civic organization or Section 501(c)(3) organization.
(3)
Capacity means the existence of facilities such as beds and/or sleeping areas within a shelter located within the City, whether public or private, which facilities provides shelter for the homeless or those seeking such shelter.
(4)
Courthouse security zone means the area or areas within a one-block radius of any federal or state courthouse.
(5)
Lodge or lodging means to live or reside in a place temporarily or permanently.
(6)
Solicit or beg shall mean using the spoken or written word, or bodily gestures, signs or other means with the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation of money or other thing of value.
(7)
Urban Core Enhancement Area shall mean that area of approximately 1.92 square miles (approximately 1,225 acres) within the City located on both sides of the City's downtown riverfront area and extending south to include portions of the San Marco area on the Southbank, combined with portions of the Riverside area, extending south and west from downtown, and generally described as follows:
Three parcels along the St. Johns River with one parcel being bounded on the north by State Street, on the east by Palmetto Street, on the south by the St. Johns River, and on the west by Interstate I95; and the second parcel being that certain portion of the City's Southbank/San Marco area, generally described as being bounded on the north by the St. Johns River, on the south by River Oaks Road, on the east by Kings Avenue/Philips Highway and on the west by the St. Johns River; and the third parcel being that certain portion of the City's Riverside area, generally being described as being bounded by Water Street to the north, King Street to the south, Park Street to the west and the St. Johns River to the east.
The Urban Core Enhancement Area is shown on Figure 1 below.
Figure 1. Urban Core Enhancement Area
(Ord. 94-905-515, § 2; Ord. 97-1104-E, § 1; Ord. 2000-282-E, § 2; Ord. 2002-852-E, § 3; Ord. 2007-1284-E, § 1)
We met with Chief Cook this morning and she walked us through the code. Terms were reached and the occupation continues. Please join us, bring coffee, smile, wave or repost. Power to the peaceful!