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Committee advances revisions to Waikiki parade and street‑festival rules, cites First Amendment wording
Summary
The committee approved a CD1 of a bill to tighten rules governing parades, street festivals and First Amendment street activities, with clarifications to definitions and support from the Department of Transportation Services and Waikiki neighborhood interests.
The Committee on Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation on Feb. 11 amended and reported out a revised ordinance to regulate parades, street festivals and similar activities — a set of changes intended to reduce disruption in Waikiki while recognizing First Amendment protections.
Council Chair Waters, the bill's introducer, told the committee the draft clarifies the definitions of "agency," "First Amendment street activity" and "street" and said the revised language recognizes the U.S. Constitution's applicability without changing which events qualify…
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