Amend Chapter 13, Addition of New Article 3 Entitled Ticket sales Regulations

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~~ ~ • . at key street intersections and along other public ways used by pedestrians caused by ticket sellers. (b) The Council further finds that such congestion contributes to increased noise in the adjacent neighborhoods and often damage to private property. (c) The Council further finds that the activity of persons engaged in ticket selling often interferes with the ability of residents of adjacent neighborhoods to quietly enjoy their private property. (d) The Council believes that reasonable regulations of ticket selling in the City of South Bend would serve the community interest by helping to provide a safer environment and enhancing the quality of life where such activity is currently causing detrimental effects on the safety and welfare of the residents of the City. SECTION 13-36 DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) "Place of Public Entertainment" means any privately or publicly owned and operated entertainment facility including but not limited to a theater, stadium, museum, arena, or other place where performances, concerts, exhibits, games, or contests are held and for which an entry fee or admission is charged. (b) "Ticket" means any piece of paper that indicates that the bearer has paid for entry or other evidence that permits entry to a place of public entertainment. (c) "In the Vicinity" means within the greater of fifty feet (50') from the edge of the property line or fifty feet (50') from any thoroughfare adjacent to the property line of any place of public entertainment. SECTION 13-37 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TICKET SALES The following regulations shall apply to all activities related to the sale, resale, offer for sale, offer for resale, or purchase with the intent to resell of a ticket irrespective of the price: (a) No person may sell, resell, offer to sell, offer to resell, or purchase with the intent to resell a ticket in or on any street, highway, road, driveway, sidewalk parking area, or while on any other public right-of-way or area adjacent to or in the vicinity of any place of public entertainment. (b) No person may offer to sell tickets to the occupants of vehicles in traffic. (c) No person may offer to sell tickets in a manner that blocks, obstructs, or restricts the passage of pedestrians or vehicles in the lawful use of the sidewalks or streets or other public rights-of-way, ingress or egress to the abutting property, or causing a public safety hazard in the reasonable opinion of a swom police officer observing such activity. (d) No person may offer to sell tickets in a manner that constitutes a nuisance to owners of abutting private property in the reasonable opinion of a swom police officer observing such activity. 2