[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Glenarden 3-20-2000
by Ord. No. O-28-99. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In this chapter, “loiter” means that a person:
A.
Remains on a public street, sidewalk, or pathway, including one
privately owned, but used by the public in general, so as to obstruct the
free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle after a regular or special police
officer has notified the person that he or she is obstructing free passage
and has requested the person to move;
B.
Remains in or on a vehicle on a public street, sidewalk or pathway,
including one privately owned, but used by the public in general, so as to
obstruct the free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle after a regular or special
police officer has notified the person that he or she is obstructing free
passage has requested the person to move;
C.
Refuses or fails to leave, or refuses or fails to remove a vehicle
from, a private business, commercial establishment, or parking lot that is
posted with conspicuous “No Loitering” or “No Trespassing”
signs if the business or establishment is not open for business and the person
has been requested to leave by the owner, the owner’s agent, or a regular
or special police officer, unless the person has written permission from the
owner, lessee, or operator to be present;
D.
Refuses or fails to leave a private business or commercial establishment
that is open for business, or a parking lot of the business or establishment,
after having been requested to do so by the owner, the owner’s agent
or a regular or special police officer;
E.
Refuses or fails to leave a public building, public grounds,
public recreational area, or a parking lot of a public building, public grounds,
or a public recreational area, after being requested to do so by a regular
or special police officer, a guard, watchman, or other authorized employee
of the agency or entity responsible for the public building, public grounds,
recreational area, or parking lot, if the circumstances indicate to a reasonable
man that the person has no apparent lawful business or purpose to pursue at
that place; or
F.
Returns, for no apparent lawful business or purpose, to the same
public or private property from which the person was asked to leave within
the previous 24 hours.
This chapter does not prohibit lawful picketing or orderly demonstration
by members of the public.
