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(3) Standing, marching, patrolling or picketing by one or more persons focused in <br />front of or adjacent to a particular residential dwelling without the consent of that <br />dwelling's occupants. <br />SECTION 2. PURPOSE. The city has an interest in the protection of residential <br />privacy, the wellbeing and tranquility of the home, and protecting citizens from unwanted <br />speech when they are a captive audience within their homes. The city council finds that, <br />without resorting to targeted residential picketing, ample opportunities exist for those <br />otherwise engaged in targeted residential picketing to exercise constitutionally protected <br />freedoms of speech and expression. <br />SECTION 3. PROHIBITED ACTIVITY. No person shall engage in targeted <br />residential picketing within the City. <br />SECTION 4. VIOLATION/PENALTY. Every person convicted of a violation of any <br />provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. <br />SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. Should any section, subdivision, clause or other <br />provision of this Ordinance be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, <br />such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or of any part <br />thereof, other than the part held to be invalid. <br />SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force <br />from and after its passage and publication. <br />ADOPTED BY THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2020. <br />Tom Weidt, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br />Michele Lindau, City Clerk <br />