It is unlawful for any person to:
Sec. 30-7(1). Fare violations.
(a) Occupy or ride in any transit vehicle that requires a fare without payment of the applicable fare;
(b) Fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request of a transit enforcement agent when occupying or disembarking from a transit vehicle;
(c) Refuse to disembark a transit vehicle or transit facility upon demand of a transit enforcement agent;
(d) Fail to provide his or her true name and address or identification to a transit enforcement agent when being served with a citation, or;
(e) Fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request of a transit enforcement agent while waiting in a designated paid zone area;
(f) Possess or sell stolen or counterfeit proof of fare payment.
Sec. 30-7(2). Conduct violations.
(a) Transport any item that blocks the aisle or the areas of the transit vehicle reserved for passengers in mobility devices or who use mobility aids;
(b) Possess an open container of alcohol or consume an alcoholic beverage in a transit vehicle or transit facility;
(c) Carry onto or aboard a transit vehicle or transit facility any flammable or explosive substance or hazardous materials;
(d) Hang onto or attach his or her body in any manner to any exterior part of a transit vehicle or touch a moving transit vehicle;
(e) Walk between coupled transit vehicles;
(f) Enter upon, occupy or remain upon the SLROW except as necessary to lawfully travel the roadway or sidewalk or board or alight a transit vehicle unless authorized by a valid permit;
(g) Climb the OCS poles or throw items at or attempt to touch the OCS wires;
(h) Throw an object at or from any transit vehicle or at any person or thing on or in any transit vehicle, or on any transit facility;
(i) Except for pedestrians and persons in wheelchairs, travel in any mode, including but not limited to, motor vehicle, bicycle, equestrian, skateboard, roller skate, rollerblade, upon or across any transit stop;
(j) Place any object on any portion of the SLROW;
(k) Interfere with the operation of a transit vehicle, transit facility or ticket vending machine;
(l) Interfere with the ingress or egress of any passenger on a transit vehicle or transit facility;
(m) Use tobacco products, or carry any burning or smoldering substance, in any form, including an electronic cigarette, aboard a transit vehicle or within any space where posted signage prohibits smoking;
(n) Operate a sound-emitting device, unless the only sound produced by such item is emitted by a personal-listening attachment (earphone or headphone) audible only to the person carrying the device producing the sound, except a peace officer, firefighter, transit employee, or emergency response professional, in the course of employment;
(o) Light a flashlight, scope light, laser light or object that projects a flashing light or beams of light while inside a transit vehicle or towards a transit vehicle, except in an emergency;
(p) Place feet on or lie down on the seat of a transit vehicle or place any article on the seat which would leave grease, oil, paint, dirt, blood, feces, urine or any other substance on the seat;
(q) Expectorate, defecate, urinate in or upon a transit vehicle or transit facility except in a designated restroom;
(r) Discard litter in or upon a transit vehicle or transit facility, other than in a designated receptacle;
(s) Light or detonate sparklers, firecrackers or other types of pyrotechnic devices in or upon a transit vehicle, or transit facility;
(t) Injure, mutilate, deface, alter, change, displace, remove or destroy any sign, notice or advertisement on or in any transit vehicle or transit facility;
(u) Disobey the instructions of any traffic signal, security notice, sign or marker unless otherwise directed by a transit enforcement agent or peace officer;
(v) Recklessly damage, deface, mutilate or tamper with a transit vehicle or transit facility so as to impair its function or value;
(w) Post signs, notices or drawings or inscribe a message, slogan, sign, mark or symbol on a transit vehicle or transit facility without written permission from the transit company, or;
(x) Activate an emergency stop device or mechanism, except in an emergency;
(y) Knowingly abandon any type of package or container on a transit vehicle or transit facility where the abandonment of such package or container is likely to cause suspicion or alarm about the contents, or require the dispatch of emergency response personnel to remove and inspect;
(z) Remain at a transit stop or within a designated paid zone for more than one (1) hour.
(aa) Engage in loud, raucous, unruly, harmful, or harassing behavior that disturbs the peace, comfort, or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities; or engage in conduct not described in subsections (a) through (z) which is inconsistent with the intended use and purpose of a transit vehicle or transit facility and refuse to obey the lawful command(s) of a transit enforcement agent or peace officer to cease such conduct.
Sec. 30-7(3). No person shall transport animals in a transit vehicle unless:
(a) The animal is a guide or service animal as defined by law, including a service animal in training, that has been specially trained to assist persons with disabilities, or;
(b) The animal is in a completely enclosed and secured cage or carrying case that is small enough to fit on the passenger's lap, and the animal does not otherwise endanger or disturb the comfort or health of other passengers.
(a) A person shall not park a vehicle in an area designated for vehicle parking unless the person complies with posted parking regulations.
(b) If intending to pick up or drop off a transit passenger, a person shall park in the area designated for vehicle parking or briefly stop his or her vehicle in areas designated for passenger loading or unloading, while remaining with the vehicle, and then remove the vehicle from the transit stop without delay after the transit passenger is dropped off or picked up.
(c) No person shall stop or park a vehicle at a transit parking facility in a manner that blocks access to a marked pedestrian walkway, designated traffic lane, parking space, fire lane, boarding zone or SLROW.
(d) No person shall park a vehicle so that any part of the vehicle including any equipment or apparatus in or on the vehicle, extends beyond the vertical plane of the marked parking space on the SLROW.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)