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(11) No person shall appear in such a manner that the person’s genitalia are unclothed or
exposed, except as otherwise permitted by law.
(12) No person shall engage in camping, or erect or maintain a tent, structure, shelter or camp.
(13) No person shall allow any dog in the person’s custody or control to be unrestrained or to
discharge any fecal matter in or on any pedestrian plaza, unless such person promptly removes
or disposes of same. This provision shall not apply to a guide or service animal accompanying
a person with a disability.
(14) No person shall operate an aircraft, kite or other aerial device in, on, or above the surface
of any pedestrian plaza for any purpose whatsoever.
(15) No person shall feed any undomesticated animal, including unconfined squirrels and birds,
in or on any pedestrian plaza.
(d) Regulated Uses.
(1) Posting of notices and signs.
(i) No person shall post, display, affix, construct or carry any placard, flag, banner, sign or
model in or on any pedestrian plaza or display any such item by means of aircraft, kite, or
other aerial device in, on, or above the surface of any pedestrian plaza for any purpose
whatsoever, without permission from the Department. Each separate item placed in
violation of this paragraph shall constitute a separate violation.
(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) above, any person may carry any item described in
subparagraph (i) above, without the aid of any aircraft, kite, or other aerial device, where the
space on which the message of such item is contained has a height no greater than two feet
and a length no longer than three feet, and that such item takes up a total area of no more
than six square feet.
(iii) Any person who posts or displays a sign in, on, or above the surface of any pedestrian
plaza, shall be responsible for removal of such sign. Failure to remove any sign that is
posted or displayed in, on, or above the surface of any pedestrian plaza or that remains on
such property shall constitute a violation of these rules.
(iv) In the event that a notice or sign, in violation of paragraph (i) above, is posted or
displayed in, on, or above the surface of any pedestrian plaza, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that any person whose name, telephone number, or other identifying information
appears on such notice or sign has violated paragraph (i) by either:
(A) Pasting, posting, painting , printing or nailing such notice or sign, or
(B) Directing or permitting a servant, agent, employee or other individual under such
person’s control to engage in such activity; provided, however, that such rebuttable
presumption shall not apply with respect to criminal prosecutions brought pursuant to this
subparagraph (iv).
(2) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall skateboard, inline skate, roller skate, or ride
a bicycle, scooter, or any other vehicle or device on or through any part of a pedestrian plaza,
except a wheelchair or scooter used for transit by disabled persons.
(3) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall make, continue, cause, or permit to be made
or continued unreasonable noise in violation of the Noise Code pursuant to subchapter 2 of title
24 of the Administrative Code.
(4) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall consume alcoholic beverages.
(5) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall kindle, build, maintain, or use a fire.
(6) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall bring or place tables, carts, chairs or furniture
in or on any pedestrian plaza.
(7) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall use or interfere with any authorized use of
utilities, including, but not limited to, electricity and water, that supply pedestrian plazas.
(8) Except as otherwise permitted, no person shall interfere with the use of a plaza by a person
or group using the plaza pursuant to the terms of a permit issued by any City agency.