Control of certain activities in malls and other public places
53 Control of certain activities in malls and other public places
A person must not, without a permit, in a public place:
perform or offer entertainment;
(b) make a painting or drawing or take a photograph or film of a person or thing for commercial purposes; or
address persons assembled there.
(2) A person must not, without a permit, erect or install in a public place a post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, display, exhibition, decoration or structure or any furniture, whether permanent or temporary.
(3) A person must not, without a permit, discharge, or dispose of into or in a mall or other public place moisture from an air conditioner, or fumes, smoke, vapour, dust or other waste products, in such a way as to cause damage or annoyance to another person.
(4) A person must not, without a permit, remove or displace from or in a public place a barrier, railing, post, seat or any structure or erection.
A person must not, in a mall:
(a) remove or disturb a part of the soil of a flowerbed or around or under a tree or plant;
walk, stand, sit or lie upon a part of a flowerbed; or
remove, cut or damage a flower, plant or tree.
(6) A person conducting a business to which access is from a mall must not, for the disposal of trade or commercial waste or packaging or rubbish, use public refuse bins placed by the council in the mall.
(7) A person must not, without a permit, enter, remain on or walk on any roof, covering or canopy erected over a mall.
(8) A person must not, without a permit, bring an animal into a mall.
(9) Clause (8) does not apply to a person who is accompanied by a dog trained or being trained by a guide dog training institution approved by the council and is being or will be used as a guide by a person who is wholly or partially blind or deaf.
(10) A person who fails to comply with or contravenes this by-law commits an offence.
Penalty: $3 000.
(11) This by-law does not apply to an agent or officer or employee of the council acting in accordance with his or her duties.
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