§ 6-26. Purpose and construction of article.

(a)

The town council recognizes that, in the interest of preserving the public health, protecting property and preserving peace and good order in the town, it is necessary and proper to enact this article to provide for the control and regulation of musical or entertainment festivals conducted in the open and of groups or gatherings of persons for the purpose of listening to or participating in such festivals. This article is enacted for the purpose of providing necessary regulation for the conducting of musical or entertainment festivals conducted in open spaces not within an enclosed structure and of any gathering of groups or individuals for the purpose of listening to or participating in entertainment which consists primarily of musical renditions conducted in open spaces not within an enclosed structure in the interest of the public health, the protection of property and preserving peace and good order within the town.

(b)

This article shall be liberally construed in order to effectively carry out the expressed purposes of this article.

(Code 1992, § 12-1)

(Code 1992, § 12-1)