(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section:
(1) “Obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic” means to walk, stand, sit, lie, or place an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a vehicle, or to require another person or a driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact. Acts authorized as an exercise of one's constitutional right to picket or to legally protest, and acts authorized by a street use permit, shall not constitute “obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.”
(2) “Public place” means an area generally visible to public view and includes alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, pedestrian malls, plazas, sidewalks and streets open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.
(b) Prohibited conduct. A person is guilty of pedestrian interference if, in a public place, he or she intentionally obstructs pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(c) Citations. No person shall be cited under this section unless the person engages in conduct prohibited by this section after having been notified by a law enforcement officer, or any city enforcement officer, that the conduct violates this section.
(§ 2, Ord. 2922, eff. June 3, 2010)