City of Gardner, MA
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2023-06-20
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 508 Parades and Public Speaking
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Aging, Council on
- Ch 22 Assessing Department
- Ch 31 Building Department
- Ch 34 Capital Improvement Planning Committee
- Ch 39 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 45 City Council
- Ch 50 Community Development and Planning Department
- Ch 62 Disability Commission
- Ch 75 Emergency Management
- Ch 87 Fire Department
- Ch 92 Flags
- Ch 106 Historical Commission
- Ch 110 Holidays
- Ch 113 Human Resources Department
- Ch 118 Information Technology Department
- Ch 140 Law Department
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- Ch 171 Personnel
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- Ch 252 Seal
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- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 298 Airport
- Ch 302 Alarm Systems
- Ch 306 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 312 Animals
- Ch 318 (Reserved)
- Ch 330 Bicycles and Play Vehicles
- Ch 341 Boats and Boating
- Ch 352 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 357 (Reserved)
- Ch 369 Curfew
- Ch 390 Fees
- Ch 396 Fire Prevention
- Ch 400 Fireworks
- Ch 420 Graffiti
- Ch 423 Hackney and Other Carriages
- Ch 428 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 432 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 450 Junk Dealers and Dealers in Secondhand Articles
- Ch 464 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 477 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 493 (Reserved)
- Ch 500 Nuisances: Vacant, Blighted, and Abandoned Properties
- Ch 501 Outdoor Restaurant Seating and Services
- Ch 502 Mobile Food Operations
- Ch 503 Litter and Handbills
- Ch 508 Parades and Public Speaking
- § 508-1 Parade, procession or assembly.
- § 508-2 Public address or speech on streets or in parks.
- § 508-3 Playing musical instruments.
- § 508-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 512 Parking
- Ch 516 Parks and Municipal Facilities
- Ch 525 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 548 Seasonal Homes
- Ch 553 Sewers
- Ch 560 Solid Waste
- Ch 564 Storage Units, Temporary
- Ch 565 Stormwater Management
- Ch 567 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 582 Theatrical Exhibitions and Public Shows
- Ch 600 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 606 Vehicles, Secondhand
- Ch 610 Vehicles, Wrecked and Abandoned
- Ch 614 Vehicle Weight Limits
- Ch 625 Water
- Ch 632 Watershed Lands
- Ch 636 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 643 Wells and Cellar Holes
- Ch 650 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 664 Yard Sales
- Ch 675 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A700 Acts and Resolves
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Gardner 3-19-1923 by Ord. No.
10. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall form or conduct any parade in any street, sidewalk,
or public way or form or conduct for the purpose of display or demonstration
any procession or assembly of people in any street, sidewalk, or public
way within the City without a written permit signed by the Chief of
Police, and no person shall take part in any such parade, procession,
or assembly that is not authorized by such permit.
[Amended 3-7-1983 by Ord. No. 804; amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No.
1547]
No person shall give any public address, speech or harangue
in any street or public way within the City without a written permit
signed by the Chief of Police or within any public park within said
City without a written permit signed by the Chief of Police and the
Director of Public Works.
No street band shall play, nor shall any musical instrument
be played by anyone, in the public streets, sidewalks or ways of the
City without a written permit signed by the Chief of Police.
