12.35.020 Exceptions.
The prohibitions set forth in MMC 12.35.010 do not apply to any person:
A. Sitting or lying down due to a medical emergency or due to a sensory, mental, or physical disability;
B. Who, as the result of a sensory, mental, or physical disability, utilizes a wheelchair, walker, or similar device to move about the public sidewalk;
C. Operating or patronizing a business with permission to occupy the sidewalk;
D. Participating in or attending a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting, or similar event conducted on the public sidewalk pursuant to a special event or other applicable permit, license or approval;
E. Sitting on a chair or bench supplied by a public agency or by the abutting private property owner pursuant to the appropriate permit, license or approval;
F. Sitting within a bus stop zone while waiting for public or private transportation;
G. Sitting on a privately owned sidewalk fixture with the permission of the owner; or
H. Engaging in constitutionally protected expressive activities which would otherwise be restricted by the limitations in MMC 12.35.010. (Ord. 004/2018 § 2)