A. No person shall occupy any portion of a public way or public place so as to obstruct or interfere with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic thereon, whether such person does so alone or together with one or more persons, or with equipment or personal property of any nature, and whether such person does so by standing, sitting, lying or in any other manner.
B. No person shall occupy a roadway median for any purpose, whether by standing, sitting, lying or in any other manner, and no person shall walk in a roadway median except as necessary to pass through at a designated crossing location. This section shall not apply to those persons occupying a median while conducting activities related to maintenance, surveying, construction, landscape maintenance, landscape improvements, responding to an emergency, or unless otherwise permitted by
law.
C. Camping, sitting, sleeping, lying down, or otherwise loitering is not permitted in any portion of a public way, public place, or within five hundred (500) feet of a school unless allowed under the terms of a special event permit or under an exception to special event permit requirements.
D. Camping, sitting, sleeping, lying down, or otherwise loitering on levees, ditch banks, riparian setback areas, in waterways, and basins is prohibited at all times to avoid damage to these areas, unless the such activities are occurring in areas have been designated or set aside specifically for recreational uses, in which case the areas will be subject to applicable parks and recreational rules that prohibit camping except in instances where a permit has been obtained prior to an event. This section is not intended to prohibit activities in navigable waters permitted by the public trust doctrine. Permissible activities on a ditch bank, levee, riparian setback area or waterway owned by the city are limited to authorized persons conducting maintenance activities, ditch operations, authorized habitat restoration projects, and persons allowed with the prior permission from the city to conduct similar activities. Recreational activities in designated trails or at designated trail amenities is permitted, subject to applicable parks and recreational rules. Travel along a ditch bank, levee, or other parts of a riparian setback area or waterway that is open to the public is permitted to reach other publicly accessible places if the means of travel is not causing damage and the area is not fenced or posted with signs indicating that trespassing is prohibited. Travel does not include camping, sitting, sleeping, lying down, or otherwise loitering.
E. Activities that cause damage to habitat or landscaping maintained or managed by the city are prohibited at all times.
F. Access and use of basins that have been designated exclusively for stormwater, flood control, or groundwater recharge is limited to authorized persons conducting maintenance activities in the basins or similar activities to monitor the usage of the basins. No other use of such basins is permitted.
(Ord. 2019-17 § 2 (part), 2019: Ord. 2009-08 § 2 (part), 2009: Ord. 9721 § 1 (part), 1997)