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Easly City reviews ordinance to clarify recording rules in public buildings
Summary
City staff presented amendments to a local ordinance intended to clarify where and when people may video-record in Easly City-owned buildings, balancing First Amendment rights with time, place and manner limits; the measure was read for the first time with details to be refined for second reading.
Easly City Council heard a first reading of ordinance 2025-01 on proposed changes to “section 99 o 1 of chapter 99 of title 9 of the Easly City code” that would clarify where members of the public may record video inside city buildings.
City staff member Daniel, who presented the amendment at the council work session, summarized the goal: “the First Amendment protects someone's right to record in public. But the government has a right to make time, place, and manner restrictions as long as they're reasonable.” He said the draft would identify “public access areas [and] limited access areas” and give the mayor or city administrator authority to designate which interior spaces are restricted from…
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