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14-425: (Redirected from Restricted Area ) Restricted area may refer to: [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Restricted areas . An area that only authorized people can enter; see also exclusion zone Restricted area , a zone within the key of a basketball court A departure area after the customs counters in most airports Topics referred to by

28-499: A border zone . Large-scale geographic exclusion zones have been established after major disasters in which radioactive particles were released into the environment: Two exclusion zones (5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) and 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)) were established temporarily in the Baltic Sea following the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage . Dangers to navigation included loss of buoyancy inside

42-470: A restraining order is issued, an exclusion zone is an area that the respondent is prohibited from entering—often an area surrounding the petitioner's home or workplace. For example, if a Wisconsin harassment restraining order or domestic abuse restraining order is violated, the court may order GPS monitoring of the respondent. If the exclusion zone is breached, the GPS technology notifies law enforcement and

56-753: A result of protests by the Westboro Baptist Church at the funerals of soldiers killed in the Iraq War , 29 states and the US Congress created exclusion zones around soldiers' funerals. In 2005, the Parliament of the United Kingdom created a one kilometre exclusion zone around itself. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging...

70-423: A rocket launch, in particular when the rocket goes errant. Because the flight termination system destroys the rocket in that case, launches are scrubbed or postponed when someone or something enters the launch corridor to prevent damage or harm created by the falling remains of the rocket. Exclusion zones are commonly used in the construction industry worldwide. For this purpose they are defined locations to prohibit

84-455: Is an exclusion zone on the island of Montserrat , where the long-dormant Soufrière Hills volcano started erupting in 1995 and has continued erupting since. It encompasses the south part of the island, accounting for over half of its land mass and most areas of the island which were populated before the volcano erupted. The volcano destroyed the island's urban center and capital Plymouth , as well as many other villages and neighborhoods. The zone

98-439: Is now strictly enforced; entry into most of the destroyed areas is prohibited, while some areas are subject to restrictions during volcanic activity or open only as a "daytime entry zone". Before the launch of a missile or launch vehicle, the area surrounding the launch site and underneath the trajectory of the rocket, called the launch corridor, is cleared. That way, spectators, aviators, seamen and ground controllers are safe from

112-551: Is on Wikidata Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Exclusion zone Per the United States Department of Defense , an exclusion zone is a territory where an authority prohibits specific activities in a specific geographic area (see military exclusion zone ). These temporary or permanent zones are created for control of populations for safety, crowd control, or military purposes, or as

126-643: The capital. The Netherlands , for example, has Amsterdam as its capital but The Hague is the seat of government; and the Philippines , with Manila as its capital but the metropolitan area of the same name (Metro Manila; also known as National Capital Region (NCR)), is the seat of government. Local and regional authorities usually have a seat, called an administrative centre , as well. Terms for seats of local government of various levels and in various countries include: Examples of seats of government include: There are several countries where, for various reasons,

140-413: The entry of personnel into danger areas, established through the risk assessment process for a construction activity. Typically, exclusion zones are set up and maintained around plant and below work at height. With regard to protesting, an exclusion zone is an area that protesters are legally prohibited from protesting in. Exclusion zones often exist around seats of government and abortion clinics . As

154-754: The gas plumes and accidental ignition of the gas. Border zones are areas where movement, property ownership or other activity is prohibited or restricted by legislation. Unlike regular territory, border zones are under administrative control of the border authorities. Entrance is generally only with an individual permit. Entering a border zone without authorization is a crime or misdemeanor and grounds for arrest. Border zones are instituted to pinpoint illegal intruders, conceal and obscure and prevent interference with border security procedures and equipment, and thus aid border guards with their work. For example, Russia maintains sizable border zones . Similarly, exclusion zones have been established due to natural disasters. There

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168-475: The petitioner. Seat of government The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics ) "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority ". In most countries, the nation's capital is also seat of its government, thus that city is appropriately referred to as the national seat of government. The terms are not however, completely synonymous, as some countries ' seat of government differs from

182-495: The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The existence of exclusion zones is based on court rulings that allow the government to regulate the time, place, and manner of protests. An exclusion zone is related to a free speech zone . Protesters are required to picket in a free speech zone, thus rendering the area around the free speech zone to be an exclusion zone. When

196-431: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Restricted area . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Restricted_area&oldid=1093035248 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Commons category link

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