Washington Administrative Code › Title 504 - Washington State University › Chapter 504-33 - Facility use rules for first amendment/free speech activities › Section 504-33-030 - Limitations on use of limited public forum areas

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The use of a limited public forum area
			 must comply with all requirements of WAC
			 504-35-030.
(2) Duration of events. In order to allow for
			 the expression of a wide range of viewpoints and to allow the utilization of
			 university facilities for a wide range of purposes, the use of a limited public
			 forum area for first amendment activities may not continue for longer than five
			 calendar days from beginning to end.
(3) Distribution of materials. Signs,
			 posters, literature, handbills, leaflets, and pamphlets may be distributed in
			 accordance with WAC
			 504-34-140.
(4) The university will not provide utility
			 connections or hook-ups.
(5) The
			 group or individual utilizing the limited public forum area must return the
			 limited public forum area to its original condition after the use and is
			 responsible for the costs of cleanup and the costs to repair damages to the
			 limited public forum area and other university property that arise from such
			 use.
(6) The university and/or
			 government authorities may specify reasonable additional fire, safety,
			 sanitation, insurance, and impact-mitigating requirements for the use of the
			 limited public forum area, and the group or individual utilizing the limited
			 public forum area must meet those requirements.
(7) Where more than five hundred people are
			 expected to attend an event in Martin Stadium or Beasley Coliseum, or on the
			 days of any football or basketball game, the following restrictions apply to
			 uses of limited public forum areas for first amendment activities:
(a) The sidewalks and other outdoor areas and
			 streets adjacent to Martin Stadium may not be used for first amendment
			 activities during the period beginning three hours prior to a football game or
			 other event at Martin Stadium and ending two hours after the game or event has
			 ended, except that sidewalks opposite Martin Stadium may continue to be used
			 for first amendment activities during these time periods, so long as the first
			 amendment activities do not unduly interfere with the flow of pedestrian or
			 vehicular traffic. Where the first amendment activities are expected to include
			 more than fifty total people as participants and spectators, the Glenn Terrell
			 Mall may not be used for first amendment activities during these time
			 periods.
(b) The sidewalks and
			 other outdoor areas and streets adjacent to Beasley Coliseum may not be used
			 for first amendment activities during the period beginning two hours prior to
			 the start of a game or other event at Beasley Coliseum and ending two hours
			 after the game or event has ended, except that sidewalks opposite Beasley
			 Coliseum may continue to be used for first amendment activities during these
			 time periods, so long as the activities do not unduly interfere with the flow
			 of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.