§ 32-46. Courthouse grounds.

(a)

No persons, group or association shall use the grounds or steps of the parish courthouse for rallies, meetings, exhibits, or other gatherings without prior authorization of the director of the department of facilities and maintenance or designee of the parish administrator.

(b)

The parish courthouse grounds are defined as: the city block within the City of Shreveport and bordered between Texas Street on the north, Marshall Street on the east, Milam Street on the south, and McNeil Street on the west less and except any street rights-of-way, including sidewalks, belonging to or maintained by the City of Shreveport.

(c)

No person shall possess or drink any alcoholic beverage or remain on the courthouse grounds while in an intoxicated condition.

(d)

No person shall carry any firearm, weapon, fireworks, or explosives on the courthouse grounds unless that person is a duly qualified law enforcement officer while acting in that capacity.

(e)

No person shall ride or operate any automobile, motorcycle, or other motorized vehicle on the courthouse grounds except for authorized government vehicles and for wheelchairs or other assistive devices while being used by a person with a physical disability.

(f)

No person shall deliberately scatter or leave upon the courthouse grounds any paper, rags, bottles, cans, broken glass, garbage, offal or offensive matter.

(g)

No person shall void any excrement or urine on the courthouse grounds unless that person is using a facility designed for that purpose such as a restroom or portable toilet.

(h)

No person shall climb or get upon any fence, gate, sign or other structure, or lie upon a balustrade, wall, fence or seat on the courthouse grounds.

(i)

No person shall cut, write upon, deface, defile or otherwise injure or destroy property of the parish.

(j)

No person shall play any game of chance or have possession of any instrument of gambling on the courthouse grounds.

(Code 1976, § 2-2; Code 1985, § 15-3; Ord. No. 5718-2017 , 10-5-2017)