No persons shall boycott, picket, molest or interfere with any other person who is acting in a lawful manner by standing, sitting, lying or congregating with others in any manner in any public place, street or sidewalk or any portion thereof within the City; nor shall any person obstruct any entrance of any building, storeroom, factory or other place of business by parading in or around such premises for the purpose of preventing the full lawful use of such entrance by any person desiring to use the entrance or for the purpose of picketing or boycotting the premises, provided that the Mayor is hereby authorized to issue permits to persons applying therefor, subject to the limitations and regulations of this article, for permit holders to peacefully picket theaters, restaurants, stores, factories or other places of business.
The Mayor shall issue permits to persons applying therefor to peacefully picket any place, as hereinafter designated in this article, upon the following terms and conditions and no others:
A. 
Applications shall be made, in writing, for a permit to picket.
(1) 
Said application shall be filed at least 10 business days prior to the beginning of the period for which the application is sought.
(2) 
The application shall state the name and address of the applicant and shall be accompanied by such identification as may be required to verify the identity of the applicant.
(3) 
Such application shall state the connection of the applicant with the labor dispute or strike or with the subject of the protest or controversy.
B. 
In case of a labor dispute or strike, such applicant must have been employed by the owner or operator of the place sought to be picketed when the strike or labor dispute arose.
A. 
Each picket permit shall be for a certain designated place and the area to be picketed shall be designated therein in detail, and such permit shall be good for the area described only.
B. 
Each picket permit shall be issued for use during certain hours to be designated therein, so that not more than the number of pickets as authorized by this article may be present at any one time, and such permit shall be valid for such periods as are designated only and shall not be transferable.
C. 
The provisions of this article shall be deemed to be a part of each picket permit, whether or not so stated in the permit.
A. 
Not more than six picket permits shall be issued for each gate or entrance to any building, storeroom, factory or other place of business for use during any prescribed period.
B. 
Not more than one picket permit shall be issued for each public entrance to any retail, wholesale or other business place or theater, for use during any prescribed period.
A. 
Each person holding a picket permit shall, while picketing, constantly pace to and fro upon the sidewalks as near the curb as may be practicable at all times within the area designated by the permit, and if no sidewalk is available, such permit shall designate the limits within which such picket shall walk.
B. 
No picket shall carry any instrument, device or weapon of any kind except a sign or banner, the dimensions of which shall not exceed a width of 24 inches or a height of 36 inches and shall not contain any scurrilous or obscene words, language or illustration calculated to arouse public hatred or anger or tending to any breach of the public peace.
Picket permits may be revoked at any time by the Mayor for any disorderly conduct or participation in any unlawful act upon the part of the holder thereof or for interference in any manner with any person using the area picketed for any lawful purpose or for any conduct tending to a breach of the public peace.
No persons shall hinder, molest, insult or harass any picket lawfully picketing pursuant to a permit issued under the provisions of this article.