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Lehi and Spanish Fork are the latest Utah cities to pass ordinances prohibiting targeted protesting or picketing within 100 feet of an individualâs home. In separate meetings on Tuesday, the Lehi City Council and Spanish Fork City Council both approved the ordinances, which were considered following protests outside the homes of state officials, including Gov. Gary Herbert and Utah Department of Health Director Joseph Miner, who both live in Utah County. The Lehi ordinance, which passed on a 4-1 vote, makes targeted picketing within 100 feet of a home a class B misdemeanor. The Spanish Fork ordinance, which passed unanimously, states that a person who violates the ordinance âis subject to receiving an administrative notice of violation.â ....
LEHI After the Orem City Council moved a month ago to prohibit targeted protests outside private residences, the Lehi and Spanish Fork city councils did the same during separate meetings on Tuesday. The new laws come after some Utahns, opposed to restrictions related to the coronavirus and mask mandates, protested outside the private homes of Gov. Gary Herbert, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, and Drs. Joseph Miner and Angela Dunn of the Utah Department of Health earlier this fall. The new ordinances ban targeted residential picketing, which is defined by both cities as protests directed at a specific residence, or occupants of that residence, within 100 feet of its property line. ....