(A) No person shall lie, lounge, stand or sit either directly or on a chair, box or other object on any street, alley, curb, gutter, or in any driveway open to the public, or in any doorway, entrance way, or passageway affording entrance or exit by the public into or from any building, be such building or any establishment therein open to business of not. Nor shall a person congregate with others in such places described above or on any city sidewalk so as to physically obstruct by his or her action or behavior, presence, or location, unimpeded passage by others.
(B) A person shall not sit, stand, lie, lounge upon or hang upon or from the exterior of any automobile, bus, truck, other motor vehicle or vehicular trailer, excluding motorcycles while such vehicle is stopped or parked upon a city street or parking lot open to the public.
(C) The prohibition above against obstructing a sidewalk or sitting on curbs shall not apply during or immediately prior to any public parade or other public celebration at the site of such parade or such celebration for which parade or celebration the proper governmental agency has granted permission.
(D) The provisions of this section shall apply only in the downtown business district. The downtown business district is the area bonded by Jackson Street on the north, Cherry Street on the east, Central Avenue on the south and Shannon Street on the west.
(E) The Mayor of the city is empowered to suspend the provisions of this section, or particular prohibitions thereof, generally or in certain areas, when, in connection with carnivals, public activities, and, other public events, such suspension is warranted in the opinion and discretions of the Mayor.
(F) Violation of this section shall be a minor misdemeanor.
(1981 Code, § 78.14) (Ord. 6419-90, passed 1-28-1991)