(A) Loitering.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, without lawful reason, between the hours of 12:00 a.m. (midnight) and 5:00 a.m. to sleep upon any street or in any other public place or on any property of another person without expressed or tacit consent of the owner or person in charge of such place.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in or about any public building, in or about the station or depot of a public carrier, or on or about the premises of a public or private school.
(3) No person shall loiter in the immediate vicinity where a person or persons are gambling by the use of any means or device.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle (either alone or in consort with others) in a public place or building in such a manner as to:
(a) Obstruct any public street, highway, sidewalk, or any other public place or building by hindering, impeding, or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians; or
(b) Commit in or upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and interrupted use of property or any business lawfully conducted by anyone in, upon, facing, or fronting on any such public street, highway, sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, and regress therein, thereon, and thereto.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years old to remain idle, wander, stroll, play, loaf, or loiter in any public place, either on foot or in a vehicle, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. (midnight) and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, custodian, or other adult person having custody or control of such person or unless the person is on an emergency errand or specific business or activity directed or permitted by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of such person or where the presence of such person is connected with or required by some legitimate employment, trade, profession, or occupation; it shall also be unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of such person to permit such a person to remain idle, loaf, loiter, or the like in a public place at such times as are specified hereinabove except for those reasons listed above.
(Prior Code, § 15-13)
(B) Prowling. Any person who surreptitiously hides, prowls, lurks, slinks, lies in wait, or furtively or inconspicuously sneaks about or upon any property of another or of the occupant thereof shall be guilty of an offense.
(Prior Code, § 15-21) Penalty, see § 130.99