A. No person shall obstruct a street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way in any manner, including but not limited to, by sitting or lying, or by storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property:
1. In a manner that impedes passage by reducing the width of a sidewalk to fewer than 48 inches, as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Pub. L, No. 101-336, 104 Stat. 328 (1990), as amended from time to time; or
2. Within 50 feet of any:
a. Operational or utilizable driveway or loading dock;
b. Operational or utilizable building entrance or exit;
c. Any fire hydrant, fire plug, or other fire department connection;
3. Within the public right-of-way in a manner that obstructs or unreasonably interferes with the use of the right-of-way for any activity for which the city has issued a permit.
B. No person shall obstruct any portion of any street or other public right-of- way open to use by motor vehicles, or any portion of a bike lane, bike path, or other public right-of-way open to use by bicycles, by sitting or lying, or by storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property, anywhere within the street, bike lane, bike path, or other public right-of-way.
C. Except as limited by subsection (D), no person shall obstruct, including to sit or lie, or store, use, maintain, or place personal property, in or upon any street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way or public property:
1. Within 500 feet of a sensitive use. As used in this chapter, "sensitive use" means a property used as a school, day care center, public park, transit stop or public library;
2. Within 500 feet of a tunnel, bridge, pedestrian bridge, wash, flood control channel, domestic water well or pump station, common area landscaping maintained by the city, fire station, police station, reservoir, or spreading ground;
3. Within 500 feet of a facility that provides shelter, safe sleeping, or safe parking to homeless persons, or that serves as a homeless services navigation center;
4. That has been posted with signage prohibiting obstruction, including through sitting or lying, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property. In order to designate a section of street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way or public property as prohibited under this subdivision, the city manager shall determine, based on specific documentation, that the circumstances of continued obstruction, including through sitting or lying, or storing personal property, or otherwise obstructing the public right-of-way at that location poses a particular and ongoing threat to public health or safety.
5. In or upon any parking area or path of travel open to the public that has been posted with signage prohibiting obstruction, including by sitting or lying, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property and referencing this chapter.
D. No person shall be found to be in violation of any prohibition set forth in subsection (C), unless and until either: (i) signage is posted at the designated area indicating that obstructing, including by sitting or lying, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property is prohibited, or (ii) the person has been provided with a warning that obstruction, including by sitting or lying, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property is prohibited in the designated area.
(Ord. 424 § 1, 2023)