§ 648.16 OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS BY LOAFING AND LOITERING.
   (a)   No person shall obstruct any sidewalk or entrance or hallway of a public building within the corporate limits by standing upon or occupying the same, except as authorized by this General Offenses Code or other ordinances of the City, so as to interrupt a free and proper use of such place and no person shall, upon the request of a police officer, or any person obstructed in the lawful use thereof, refuse or neglect to remove therefrom.
(1956 Code Sec. 981.06)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.