(A) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to make public property readily accessible and available to the public, to prevent the use of public property in a manner which interferes with the rights of others to use such areas for their intended purposes, to maintain public streets and areas within the city in a clean and accessible condition, and to maintain the public peace, health, safety and welfare.
(B) Prohibition. It is unlawful for any person to camp on any public property within the city, to camp in, on or under any parked vehicle, including any automobile, bus or truck, which is parked on any public property within the city, or to store personal property on any public property within the city.
(C) Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Camp" means to sleep between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. or to pitch or occupy camp facilities and/or to use camp paraphernalia at any time.
(2) "Camp facility" includes, but is not limited to, tents, huts, or other temporary physical shelters.
(3) "Camp paraphernalia" includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks, bedrolls, cooking facilities and similar equipment.
(4) "Public property" means any publicly owned property in the city, including any of the following: public parks, public streets, public alleyways, public trails, public access ways, public parking lots, public passageways, public rights-of-way, publicly owned landscaped areas or greenbelts, sidewalks, curbs, public educational institutions, including properties owned by the Corona-Norco Unified School District, or other government owned or controlled properties located within the city.
(5) "Store" means to put aside or accumulate, to deposit for safekeeping or to place or leave in a location for retrieval or use at a later time.
(D) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the following:
(1) Anyone camping or placing, erecting or maintaining any camp facilities, or using camp paraphernalia, in a specified camping area designated by the city. The City Council may, by ordinance or resolution, establish one or more specified camping areas. Such camping areas, if any, may be located on public property.
(2) Anyone using cooking facilities or otherwise preparing food as allowed by § 12.24.030 of this code.
(3) Anyone storing personal property, or camping, placing, erecting or maintaining any camp facilities, or using camp paraphernalia, if otherwise permitted in connection with an event or activity authorized or permitted by Chapter 9.20 of this code.
(4) The lawful parking of a vehicle on a public street, alleyway or other public property, or the lawful storage of a bicycle or other similar human powered equipment on public property.
(5) Anyone momentarily placing personal property on public property, so long as the personal property does not block vehicular or pedestrian traffic or rights-of-way.
(6) Anyone temporarily placing personal property on public property.
(E) Penalties. Any person who violates any section of this chapter may be punished as provided for in Chapter 1.08 of this code. In addition to the authority provided for in § 1.08.025 of this code for the citing official or City Attorney to cite or prosecute an offense as an infraction, the court may determine that the offense is an infraction, in which event the case shall proceed as if the defendant has been arraigned on an infraction complaint.
(`78 Code, § 9.26.020.) (Ord. 3160 § 4, 2013; Ord. 2833 § 3 (part), 2006; Ord. 2619 § 1, 2002: Ord. 2256 § 1, 1995.)