(a) No person shall sit or lie down upon the public sidewalk, or upon a blanket, chair, stool, or any other object placed upon the public sidewalk within fifty feet of any commercial property between Lytton Avenue and Channing Avenue from Alma Street to Emerson Street and the area between Lytton Avenue and Forest Avenue from Emerson Street to Webster Street during the hours between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(b) The prohibition set forth above in this section shall not apply to:
(1) Any person sitting or lying down on the sidewalk due to a medical emergency;
(2) Any person who, as the result of a disability, utilizes a wheelchair or similar device to move about the public sidewalk;
(3) Any child accompanied by an adult who is seated in and using a stroller, or similar device, to move about the public sidewalk;
(4) Any person sitting or lying down upon a chair, bench or planter box wall located on the public sidewalk which is placed there by a public agency;
(5) Any person sitting or lying down upon a chair or bench located upon the public sidewalk which is placed there by an abutting private property owner or tenant pursuant to a commercial sidewalk encroachment permit, temporary lease, or temporary street closure permit;
(6) Any person sitting or lying down while conducting, attending, or participating in an activity or event which is authorized by a lawfully issued temporary street closure permit or other permit issued by the city which permits use of the public sidewalk;
(7) Sitting on a public sidewalk within a bus zone while waiting for public or private transportation.
(c) 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 that he or she is in violation of the prohibition in this section.
(Ord. 4955 § 2, 2007: Ord. 4588 § 1, 1999: Ord. 4404 § 2, 1997)