(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to acknowledge the social concerns of homelessness, mental illness, and associated minor criminal violations while promoting referral assistance as an alternative to arrest.
(B) No person shall lodge on any of the streets, sidewalks, alleys, rights-of-way, easements, public beach, any public facility owned by the city, any public park, or any other city-owned property.
(C) No person shall lodge upon private property, except in a permanent structure, unless he is the owner of the property, or present on the property with the full knowledge and consent of the owner, and sufficient toilet facilities are available on said property.
(D) As used herein, the term
OWNER
shall include the beneficial owner, lessee, occupant or other person having any interest in said land under and by virtue of which that person is entitled to possession thereof, and shall also include the agents or authorized employees of such owner.
(E) Prior to enforcing the penalty provisions in § 133.99, any person found violating this section shall be given the opportunity to participate in an appropriate referral assistance program.
('72 Code, § 21-17.1(a) - (d), (g)) (Ord. O-72-114, passed 6-28-72; Am. Ord. O-88-29, passed 6-8-88; Am. Ord. O-99-02, passed 1-6-99) Penalty, see § 133.99