(Code 1983, § 12-12-1; Ord. No. B-7, art. XIII, § 27, 5-11-1959)
(a) 
The term "loiter" means to remain in any one place with no apparent purpose other than to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas, or to conceal illegal activities.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to be found loitering, concealed or sleeping at night, or other inappropriate time, in, or about any public building or private premises not such person's own, under suspicious circumstances, and not being able to give a satisfactory account thereof.
(Code 1983, § 12-2; Ord. No. B-223, § 1, 10-28-1976)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
GROCERY STORE
Convenience food stores, supermarkets, and businesses whose primary business is the sale of foodstuffs and beverages for off-premises consumption.
LEGALLY PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motorized vehicle that is stopped or parked in a designated parking area on a business premises and the operator or the occupants are patronizing the business.
LOITER
To remain in any one place with no apparent purpose other than to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas or to conceal illegal activities.
OWNER OR OPERATOR
The person who owns or manages a business premises; this does not include an employee with no managerial capacity but an employee's action may be sanctioned by an employer.
PREMISES
That area including structure, canopies, driveways, loading areas, accessory buildings, undeveloped land in the same lot and block of an individual business, parking lot and in the case of communal parking, in a shopping center all parking area that is immediately available to any person using or patronizing a business (the parking area of a communal parking lot, public or private shall be determined by the use afforded to the public by the owners in the normal course of their business operations, as in the case of two separately owned public parking lots where the owners normally share and encourage their patrons to share each other's parking facilities; and those areas which would be commonly defined and understood as shopping center parking lots).
(Code 1983, § 12-3; Ord. No. B-223, § 2, 10-28-1976)
(a) 
The following acts or conduct of any person entering or upon any restaurant, drive-in restaurant, pool hall amusement center, bowling alley, movie theater, grocery store, or any other business providing goods or services to the public are hereby declared to be unlawful:
(1) 
To enter the premises of any restaurant, drive-in restaurant, pool hall, amusement center, bowling alley, movie theater, grocery store, or any other business providing goods or services to the public, in a motor vehicle of any description and park such motor vehicle and leave the motor vehicle on said premises without getting the consent of the owner or operator of such premises:
a. 
Any motor vehicle parked upon a restaurant or drive-in restaurant premises which is unattended and unoccupied, for a period of two hours or more shall be presumed to have been parked without permission of the owner or operator of the restaurant or drive-in restaurant.
b. 
Any motor vehicle parked upon a pool hall, amusement center, bowling alley, movie theater, grocery store or any other business providing goods and/or services to the public which is unattended and unoccupied after the business has closed to the public, shall be presumed to have been parked without permission of the owner or operator of such business.
c. 
In the event that the premises, as defined herein, are used by businesses listed in both subsections (a)(1)a and b of this section, then subsection (a)(1)b would be controlling.
d. 
Leaving a motor vehicle unattended and unoccupied for the time period in subsection (a)(1)a of this section and after business hours in subsection (a)(1)b of this section is prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle was parked without the owner's or operator's consent or permission.
(2) 
To enter such premises in a motor vehicle of any kind and using such premises for cruising, racing, as a short-cut to another street, accelerating or racing the motor of a vehicle from a sudden start or stop as to cause a loud noise in a manner calculated to disturb the persons present, bring a motor vehicle to a sudden stop or start or blowing the horn when no necessity for the protection of the driver or personal property exists and in a manner calculated to disturb the persons present, to annoy or endanger any person or other vehicle lawfully on such premises.
(3) 
To enter upon the premises of any restaurant, drive-in restaurant, pool hall, amusement center, bowling alley, movie theater, grocery store or any other business providing goods and/or services to the public and consume any alcoholic beverage on said premises or possess alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption on said premises. An alcoholic beverage means alcohol and any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted.
a. 
Possession of any alcoholic beverage in an open container is prima facie evidence of the intent to consume it immediately.
b. 
It shall be the duty of the premises owner or operator to post on the premises in a conspicuous location one or more signs bearing the following legend: "No alcoholic beverages on premises. City of Burleson Ordinance."
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the premises owner or operator to post on the premises in a conspicuous location one or more signs bearing the following legend: "Cruising or congregating or loitering is unlawful. No unoccupied vehicles may be left on these premises without the consent of the owner or operator. City of Burleson Ordinance."
(Code 1983, § 12-4; Ord. No. B-7, art. XIII, § 26, 5-11-1959; Ord. No. CSO#1134-09-2019, § 1, 10-7-2019)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in any public square, street, sidewalk, alley, public parking lot, or other public place. It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in a motor vehicle parked in any public square, street, sidewalk, alley, public parking lot, or other public place. It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in any doorway or vacant building not such person's own without the permission of the owner.