§ 28-84. Conditions under which picketing permitted; "block" defined; unlawful picketing generally

(a) Peaceful picketing in the furtherance of a lawful purpose shall be permitted in the town when it is done under the following conditions:

(1) Picketing may be conducted only on the sidewalks reserved for pedestrian movement and may not be conducted on the portion of a street used primarily for vehicular traffic.

(2) Not more than five pickets promoting the same objective shall be permitted to use one of the two sidewalks within a block of the town at any one time.

(3) Such pickets may carry written or printed placards or signs not exceeding two feet in width and two feet in length, promoting the objective for which the picketing is done; provided, that the words used would not tend to incite violence.

(4) Pickets shall march in single file and not abreast, and may not march closer together than 15 feet, except passing one another.

(5) If pickets promoting different objectives desire to use the same sidewalk for picketing and such use would result in the presence of more than five pickets thereon, the chief of police shall allot time to each group of pickets for the use of such sidewalk on an equitable basis.

(6) The term "block" as used in this article means that portion of a street lying between street intersections.

(b) Picketing done contrary to the provisions of this article shall be unlawful.

(Code 1979, § 17-2)