(a) Whenever used in this section the following terms mean:
(1) "Parking lot" means any outdoor space, plot, place, lot, parcel, yard or enclosure, or any portion thereof, where more than two motor vehicles may be parked, stored, serviced, housed or kept. Parking lot includes, but is not limited to, the driving and parking areas of drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks, shopping centers, gasoline service stations, grocery parking lots, factory parking lots and all other parking lots used in connection with the operation of a business.
(2) "Shopping center" means any combination of retail stores and services contained within one or more buildings which are located on one or more parcels of land united to form a general shopping center site and upon which site there are located public areas for the nonexclusive use of members of the general public and occupants, visitors and customers of such retail stores and services.
(3) "Public portions of a parking lot" means the parking areas and the ingress and egress to the parking lot areas designated by the parking lot owner or agent of the owner for off-street parking of automotive or other vehicles, driveways, sidewalks, malls, arcades, service areas and entranceways into stores and buildings.
(b) No person shall enter, walk upon or drive upon the public portions of a parking lot without the consent of the owner or operator or the agent of either, when the place of business on or adjacent to the parking lot is closed to the public.
(c) No person on the public portions of a parking lot shall race the motor of any motor vehicle, needlessly bring to a sudden start or stop any motor vehicle, blow any horn of any motor vehicle needlessly, engage in any race with another vehicle so as to create a nuisance or a disturbance so as to annoy or endanger any person or other vehicle lawfully on the public portions of the parking lot.
(d) No person alone or more than one person in concert with others shall assemble or congregate on the public portion of the shopping center for the purpose of lingering or loitering in any manner which will obstruct, impede or interfere with the free passage of other pedestrians or traffic using such parking lot and which will constitute a clear and present danger to such pedestrians or traffic.
(e) If any section, subsection, paragraph or provision of this section is declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such invalidation shall not affect the remaining portions of this section which shall remain in full force and effect and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 8-74. Passed 2-18-74.)