CODE OF ORDINANCES City of Atlanta, GEORGIA Codified through Ord. No. 
1998-60, enacted September 17, 1998. (Supplement No. 8,)
PART II CODE OF ORDINANCES--GENERAL ORDINANCES
Chapter 106 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS*
ARTICLE III. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Sec. 106-89. Residential picketing.


Sec. 106-89.Residential picketing.

(a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this
section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Picket or picketing shall refer to the following types of activity.

  (1)To patrol or station oneself at a residence, bearing some insignia or
   sign designed to persuade or protest;

  (2)Staging a public or private protest of any kind;

  (3)Obstructing passage to or from a residence; or

  (4)Promoting a strike or a boycott at an individual residence.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect the public health,
welfare and good order of the city which requires that its citizens have the
opportunity to experience peace, well-being and privacy in their homes at all
times.

(c) Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to picket or engage in
picketing upon, before or about the private residence or home of any
individual.

(d) Penalty. Any person who is found guilty of violating this section
shall be penalized as provided in section 1-8. 

(Code 1977, ~17-3022)

CODE OF ORDINANCES City of Atlanta, GEORGIA Codified through Ord. No. 
1998-60, enacted September 17, 1998. (Supplement No. 8,)
PART II CODE OF ORDINANCES--GENERAL ORDINANCES
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1-8. General penalty; continuing violations.


Sec. 1-8.General penalty; continuing violations.

(a) In this section, the term "violation of this Code" means:

  (1)Doing an act that is prohibited or made or declared unlawful, an
offense or a misdemeanor by ordinance or by rule or regulation authorized by
ordinance;

  (2)Failure to perform an act that is required to be performed by
ordinance, or by rule or regulation authorized by ordinance; or

   (3)Failure to perform an act if the failure is declared a misdemeanor or
an offense or unlawful by ordinance or by rule or regulation authorized by
ordinance.

(b) In this section, the term "violation of this Code" does not include
the failure of a city officer or city employee to perform an official
duty, unless it is provided that failure to perform the duty is to be
punished as provided in this section or it is clear from the context that
it is the intent to impose the penalty provided for in this section upon
the officer or employee. 

(c) Except as otherwise provided, a person convicted of a violation of
this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or work on the public
streets or on public works of the city for not more than six months, or
any combination thereof. With respect to violations of this Code that are
continuous with respect to time, each day the violation continues is a
separate offense. 

(d) The imposition of a penalty does not prevent revocation or suspension
of a license, permit or franchise or other administrative sanctions. 

(e) Violations of this Code that are continuous with respect to time are a
public nuisance and may be abated by injunctive or other equitable relief
and by such other means as are provided by law. The imposition of a
penalty does not prevent equitable relief. 

(Code 1977, g 18-1008)

Authority of municipal judge to order persons convicted of offenses to
perform work on public property, g 62-41; municipal court sentences for
persons convicted of multiple offenses, ~ 62-42. 

Limitations on penalties, O.C.G.A. ~ 36-35-6(a)(2).

Sec. 1-9.Time limits on prosecutions.

All prosecutions for violations of this Code or other city ordinances
shall be commenced within two years after the violation. Any offense
against this Code or those ordinances for which no prosecution begins
within two years after its commission shall be barred, unless the accused
shall have been beyond the limits of the city, in which case the time of
absence from the city shall not be embraced or computed as within the two
years. 

(Code 1977, ~3-1078)