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No representative from the Raleigh Police Department was willing to tell us which ordinance we were breaking, or why, after six years and countless friendly and cooperative encounters with the Department, they are now preventing us from feeding hungry people.

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Sec. 9-2022. - PERMIT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN USES OF PARKS.permanent link to this piece of content

(a)
Required; scope.
Any individual, organization, corporation, association, society, fraternity, club, order or group of whatever kind desiring the use of the public parks owned or controlled by the City as the location for a rally, demonstration, march, public speech, public meeting or other similar activity shall make written request therefor not less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the date of the intended use. This section shall apply only to assemblages where the expected attendance will be more than one hundred (100) people. No such assemblage may be held except during daylight hours.
(b)
Distribution of food prohibited.
No individuals or group shall serve or distribute meals or food of any kind in or on any City park or greenway unless such distribution is pursuant to a permit issued by the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Director.