111 ORDINANCE NO. 111
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 9.12,
"LOITERING" TO THE GRAND TERRACE MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, California, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9.12 is hereby added to Title 9, Public Peace,
Morals and Welfare, to read as follows:
Chapter 9
LOITERING
Sections•
9.12.010 Definition.
9.12.020 Prohibition.
9.12.010 Definition. As used in this Chapter, the word "Loiter" means
entering and remaining on any premises, public or private, either trespassing
or (1) does not have a purpose legitimately connected with the business or
activity of the legal occupant of the premises and (2) does not have a bona
fide intent to exercise a constitutional right and (3) is causing public
inconvenience or annoyance.
9.12.020 Prohibition.
(a) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Section for any
person to loiter within the City limits or Grand Terrace.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously
stand, sit, lie in or under any street, sidewalk, passageway, or other public
place in such manner as to obstruct, hinder or delay the free passage or use
in the customary manner of such street, sidewalk, passageway, or other public
place.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to stand, sit, lie in or upon
any doorway or way of ingress or egress of any building or other structure
without the consent of the owner thereof.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, trespass, or stand
in or upon any parking lot, shopping center, or other commercial or industrial
property generally open to the public, or otherwise occupy any portion
thereof, in such a manner as unreasonably obstructs, injures, or interferes
with the traffic flow or any lawful business or occupation carried on by the
owner of such land, his agent, or the person in lawful possession thereof
after being requested to leave by the owner of such land, his agent, or the
person in lawful possession thereof.
SECTION 2. Posting. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be
posted in three (3) public places, designated for such public purpose by the
City Council, within fifteen (15) days after its passage.
SECTION 3. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 11th day of February, 1988, and finally adopted and
ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council on the loth day of
March, 1988.
ATTEST:
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UC y Clerk he City of Grand May of the City o Grand Terrace
rrace and of the City Council andL6f the City Council thereof.
thereof.
I Juanita Brown, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Grand terrace do
herby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the loth day of March,
1988 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Shirley, Evans, Grant, Pfennighausen;
Matteson, Mayor
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Ci%Xlerk
Approved as to Form: ,
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City Attorney