§ 25-2.602. Barriers to attendance prohibited.  


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  • No policy body shall conduct any meeting, conference or other function in any facility that excludes persons on the basis of actual or presumed class identity or characteristics, or which is inaccessible to persons with physical disabilities, or where members of the public may not be present without making a payment or purchase. Whenever the number of spectators at a meeting of the board of supervisors, or a permanent board or commission, or a permanent sub-quorum committee of the board of supervisors, exceeds the legal capacity of the meeting room, any public address system used to amplify sound in the meeting room shall be extended by supplementary speakers to permit the overflow audience to listen to the proceedings in an adjacent room or passageway. If there be no public address system, or if supplementary speakers are not available at the time, the meeting shall be adjourned to a facility with capacity to accommodate all citizens present and wishing to attend.

(Ord. No. 95-6)