V. CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

CHAPTER 9.36
DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Section

9.36.010    Loitering

9.36.020    Persons blocking pedestrian or vehicle passage

9.36.030    Obstructions blocking pedestrian or vehicle passage

9.36.040    Audible, annoying, or insulting remarks

Statutory reference:

Provisions regarding disturbing the peace, see Cal. Penal Code § 415

Provisions regarding loitering, see Cal. Penal Code § 647

9.36.010 LOITERING.

A person shall not loiter or stand in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk or other public way open for pedestrian travel or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as unreasonably to annoy or molest any pedestrian thereon, or as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of pedestrians.

(Ord. 376, § 1, passed -- 1968)

9.36.020 PERSONS BLOCKING PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE PASSAGE.

It is unlawful for any person to intentionally stand, sit or lie, in, on or at any driveway, entrance or exit of any church, hall, theater, place of public assembly, store, business, plant, industry, private residence, or private property so as to prevent the free passage of persons or vehicles to or from the same.

(Ord. 376, § 2, passed -- 1968)

9.36.030 OBSTRUCTIONS BLOCKING PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE PASSAGE.

It is unlawful for any person to intentionally place or maintain anything or to assist in placing or maintaining anything in, on or at any driveway, entrance or exit of any church, hall, theater, place of public assembly, store, business, plant, industry, private residence, or private property so as to prevent the free passage of persons or vehicles to or from the same.

(Ord. 376, § 3, passed -- 1968)

9.36.040 AUDIBLE, ANNOYING, OR INSULTING REMARKS.

It is unlawful for any person to make audible, annoying, or insulting remarks to or about, or to molest in any other manner whatever, any person in, near, or about a public place.

(Ord. 376, § 4, passed -- 1968)