Committee discusses First Amendment limits as it refines enforcement language
Legal counsel and staff told the committee panhandling is constitutionally protected and enforcement should target obstruction of ingress and egress rather than sign-holding; members asked for draft language to balance First Amendment protections with public-safety time, place and manner restrictions.
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Committee members asked how the ordinance would treat panhandling and whether sign-holding or sitting with a sign all day would be enforced. Legal counsel explained that panhandling is constitutionally protected and that the government may impose reasonable time, place and manner restrictions rather than ban speech outright.
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