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A. Unlawful: A person is guilty of failure to disburse when such person remains at the scene of a riot, disorderly conduct or an unlawful assembly after having been ordered to disburse by a law enforcement officer.
B. Exception: This section shall not apply to a person who reasonably attempted to but was unable to leave the scene of a riot or unlawful assembly.
C. Penalty: Any person who fails to disburse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful: It is unlawful to:
1. Drink liquor in a public building, park or stadium unless authorized by a special permit; or
2. Be under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors to a degree that the person may endanger himself or another, if such person is in a public place or in a private place where he unreasonably disturbs other persons.
B. Conditions For Release From Custody: A law enforcement officer may release from custody an individual arrested under this section, if he believes imprisonment is unnecessary for the protection of the individual or another; or a law enforcement officer may take a person arrested under this section to a detoxification center or other special facility designated by the courts of the State or by State law, as an alternative to jail incarceration for such offenses.
C. Penalty: An offense under this section is an infraction. (Ord. 2017-11, 5-18-2017)
A. Unlawful To Have Open Containers Of Alcohol In Designated Areas: No person shall open, possess, or consume from an open bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage in an unpermitted place.
B. Definitions: As used in this section:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: "Beer" and "liquor" as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 32A-1-105. (32AB-1-105 effective July 1, 2011.)
OPEN BOTTLE, CAN OR OTHER RECEPTACLE: A container having within it an alcoholic beverage, which container has been opened, its seal broken or the contents of which have been partially consumed.
UNPERMITTED PUBLIC PLACE: Shall not mean or include a premises or area identified in a license or special permit or other authorization issued by the City as authorizing the possession or consumption of alcohol, when there is conformance with the applicable license or permit restrictions; businesses specifically permitted under title 5 of this Code; businesses licensed as "home occupation" as defined by section 13.04.040 of this Code; or apartment houses or "apartments" as defined in this Code.
1. Any street, right-of-way, sidewalk, alley, publicly owned property or State or County road located within the City limits and which abuts upon: a) any County or City owned real property; or b) any business required to have a City business license pursuant to title 5, chapter 5.04 of this Code;
2. Boarded or abandoned buildings;
3. Vacant lots; or
4. Any publicly owned building or publicly owned real property.
C. Penalty: An offense under this section shall be an infraction. (Ord. 2010-28, 12-9-2010)
A. Acts Constituting Loitering: A person is guilty of loitering if such person:
1. Appears at a place or at a time under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity, and upon inquiry by a law enforcement official, such person fails to give a reasonably credible account of his identity, conduct, or purposes; or
2. Loiters, remains, wanders, or lingers idly in or about a school, either by walking, sitting, standing, or by sitting in or upon a vehicle or conveyance, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or student or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant the same, and upon inquiry of a law enforcement official, such person fails to give a reasonably credible account of his identity, conduct or purposes; or
3. Loiters, remains, wanders or lingers idly in or about a building, lot, street, sidewalk or any other public or private place, either by walking, sitting, standing, or by sitting in or upon a vehicle or conveyance, without apparent reason and under circumstances which justify suspicion that he may be engaged in or about to engage in a crime, and upon inquiry of a law enforcement official, such person fails to give a reasonably credible account of his identity, conduct or purposes; or
4. Is on or in any "public area" as hereafter defined, and which person:
a. Remains, wanders idly or prowls:
(1) In a manner or at a time not usual for law abiding citizens; or
(2) Under circumstances that warrant a reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity; or
(3) Accosts other persons in any public place or in any place open to the public for the purpose of begging; and
b. Refuses to obey the lawful command of a law enforcement officer to move on, or provide to said police officer a lawful reason for remaining on or in said public area as hereafter defined;
c. The law enforcement officer's command shall be lawfully given when the alleged loitering by such person creates or causes to be created:
(1) A breach of the peace; or
(2) The actual or attempted obstruction, molestation or interference of any other person lawfully on or in any "public area", as hereafter defined, in such a manner as to cause such other person to reasonably fear for his safety; or
(3) The obstruction or attempted obstruction of the free normal flow of vehicular traffic, or the normal passage of pedestrian traffic in said public areas; or
(4) The unreasonable disturbance of any person acting lawfully on or in any said public place;
d. For the purposes of this subsection A4, "public area" means any place open to the public, including, but not limited to, any common public area of any shopping mall, public way, street, highway, alley or park.
B. Exception: No person shall be convicted under this section if the explanation such person gave of his conduct and purposes was true and, if believed by the law enforcement official at the time, would have dispelled the alarm.
C. Penalty: Loitering is a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful; Penalty: It is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to camp, lodge, cook, make a fire or pitch a tent, fly, lean to, tarpaulin, umbrella or any other type of ground cover or shelter, or place sleeping bags, bedding or any other type of camping or sleeping equipment on any public grounds, as defined in subsection B of this section, and it is unlawful for any person, and such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of violation hereof, to use or benefit from the use of any of the foregoing items of shelter or camping or sleeping equipment to fail to remove the same from such public grounds more than five (5) minutes after being requested to do so by any law enforcement officer or citizen.
B. Public Grounds Defined: For the purpose of this section, the term "public grounds" means any real property owned in whole or in part by the United States Of America and its agencies, or the state of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, upon which no camping or sleeping has been authorized by the owner. (1999 Code)
A. Unlawful: It is unlawful for any person to request, or solicit a controlled substance, or controlled substance precursor from another person, except as permitted by applicable federal and state laws.
B. Definitions:
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: A drug, substance or immediate precursor as defined by Utah Code Annotated section 58-37-2, or its successor.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PRECURSOR: Any material defined as a controlled substance precursor by Utah Code Annotated section 58-37c-3(2), or its successor.
C. Penalty: Violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (1999 Code)