| | | Ordinance Amending Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Arlington Heights Regarding Street Performers
At the February 13th Committee of the Whole Meeting, the Board discussed and recommended approval of an ordinance that regulates Street Performers on the Public Rights of Way. The ordinance includes the following requirements:
- Buskers will not require any type of permit or license
- Buskers may perform on public rights-of-way or parks requesting donations, or for free between 10am and 9pm
- Buskers may not obstruct safe passage along any street or sidewalk or ingress/egress between sidewalks and buildings
- Buskers may not erect tents/structures
- Buskers may not utilize any sound amplification at any time if they are within the area bounded by Arlington Heights Road, Chestnut, the Union Pacific Railroad, and Sigwalt. Note that this would allow demonstrators and/or buskers to use megaphones/amplifier north of the railroad tracks where many demonstrations currently occur, but would forbid any use of amplification (busking or demonstrators) in Harmony Park or anywhere else within the bounded area- with the exception of Village-sponsored events, including businesses using their own spaces as permitted by the Village.
The Ordinance setting forth the provisions and conditions of the approval is attached. |
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