COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Chapin took a step Thursday toward changing an ordinance at the center of a federal lawsuit.

Chapin Town Council held a special meeting at 5 p.m. The only agenda item was the first reading for an ordinance “amending the Town Code of the Town of Chapin to repeal and replace Chapter 14, Article X - Parades. Demonstrations. Picketing.” It’s an ordinance that requires anyone to apply for a permit, 14 days in advance, to display any kind of signs within the town.

In the proposed revised ordinance, the town would no longer require a permit for picketing for groups “of not more than 2 individuals on a sidewalk or on the grounds of a Town-controlled park or plaza, or in other Town-owned areas or rights-of-way normally used or reserved for pedestrian movement.”

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