No person shall post, stick, stamp, print or otherwise affix any bill, poster advertisement or notice (excepting official notices and notices required by law) upon any street, telegraph pole, telephone pole, tree, electric light pole, electric street railway pole, or upon any other pole, post or fixture upon any public street or sidewalk within the city, or post, stick, print or otherwise affix any such bill, poster, advertisement or notice upon any curbing or sidewalk of any public street, alley, or lane in the city, or mar, injure or write upon any such pole, curbing or sidewalk.
(Prior code § 4210.10)
No person shall post, stick, stamp or print, or otherwise affix any bill, poster, notice or advertisement to or upon any house or part thereof, building, or upon any wall, fence, gate, post or tree in any part of the city, without permission in writing so to do from the owner, agent or occupier of the premises on which the same is located; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent licensed billposters from posting bills upon billboards owned or controlled by them when such billboards are not upon the public streets or sidewalks.
(Prior code § 4210.11)
No person shall extend, suspend, erect, place or maintain any sign board, sign post, advertisement, sign, post, or similar device, except electric signs, over, in, along or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or place, or any wall, fence or structure, immediately fronting thereon, within the city; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall not apply to any sign, or signboard which is permanently fastened against the surface of any building at a height of not less than eight feet from the sidewalk and which does not project more than four feet over the sidewalk, or any sign which is so constructed as to be a part and parcel of any wood or iron porch or awning which is a part of and permanently attached to any building; but this exception shall not be construed as applying to any signboard which is independently annexed to or placed upon any such porch or awning; and provided further, that the signs herein permitted shall be used solely to advertise the business, occupation, profession or calling of the person doing business within the building to which such sign is fastened, or to which such porch or awning is attached.
(Prior code § 4210.12)
No person shall erect or maintain any wooden awning in such a manner that the same projects or extends more than four feet beyond the property line over and upon any sidewalk, and nearer than eight feet to the surface of the ground.
(Prior code § 4210.13)
The placing, erection and maintenance of signs, signboards, advertisements, bulletin boards, and devices of a like character, along, over and upon the public streets, sidewalks, alleys and places within the city has become and is declared to be a nuisance, and the superintendent of streets is directed to abate the same, when not within the exceptions made in Section 9.04.030.
(Prior code § 4210.14)
No person shall urinate or evacuate their bowels on private property in an area exposed to the public view or on any public street, sidewalk, alley, way, public or private parking lot, parkway, playground, or park, or other public place within the city, except in a public restroom.
(Prior code § 4210.16)
A. 
Solicitation While On or In a Public Street or Highway. It is unlawful for any person(s) physically present in or on a street or highway to solicit the occupant(s) of any vehicle traveling upon any street or highway. This section does not prohibit solicitation by persons off the street or highway, or on a sidewalk.
B. 
Solicitation Defined. "Solicitation" means any request, offer, enticement, or action, which announces the availability of employment, service, goods, or seeks a donation or contribution. Solicitation does not include the distribution of free literature, flyers or leaflets.
C. 
Street, Highway and Sidewalk Defined. The terms "street," "highway" and "sidewalk" shall have those meanings as set forth in Sections 360, 509 and 555, respectively, of the California Vehicle Code, or any successor provisions thereto.
D. 
Violation—Penalty. Any person engaging in any activity declared unlawful by subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as set forth in Section 1.16.010 of this code.
(Prior code § 4210.26)
A. 
All municipal parks in the city will be closed from 9:00 p.m. each night until 7:00 a.m. the following morning. Any person who remains in a municipal park during prohibited hours shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. 
No vehicle operator shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing such vehicle in a public park parking lot from 9:00 p.m. each night until 7:00 a.m. the following morning. A violation of this subsection is an infraction.
C. 
This section shall not apply to anyone attending city-authorized/sponsored community activities in the park.
D. 
This section does not apply to City of Upland vehicles nor to employees or contractors of the city when in the performance of their duties.
E. 
The city manager or his/her designee may issue a park closure order if he or she determines that there are threats to the health, safety, and welfare of the public or if the use of the park by the public would cause damage to turf, landscaping, equipment, or other public resource. Once a park closure order is issued, city staff shall cause a park closure sign or notice to be placed in a prominent location at the entrances to the park.
(Prior code § 4210.28; Ord. 1920 § 1, 2017; Ord. 1934 § 3, 2019; Ord. 1962 § 15, 2022; Ord. 1985, 2/26/2024)
A. 
No person shall remain upon any private property or business premises, after being notified by the owner, owner's agent, lessee, or by a peace officer acting at the request of any of the above to remove themselves and their possession therefrom. For purposes of this section a lessee includes a tenant in lawful possession of real property and a licensee.
B. 
No person, without permission, express or implied, from the owner, owner's agent, or lessee, shall enter upon the private property or business premises after having been notified by the owner, owner's agent, or lessee to keep off or keep away therefrom.
C. 
No person shall enter or remain upon posted private property without the permission, expressed or implied, of the owner, owner's agent, or lessee of such posted property or premises.
D. 
Exceptions. This section shall not apply in any of the following instances:
1. 
Where its application results in or is coupled with an act prohibited by the Unruh Civil Rights Act or any other applicable provision of law relating to prohibited discrimination against any person on account of sex, race, color, religious, creed, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, marital status, or sexual orientation;
2. 
Where its application results in or is coupled with an act prohibited by Section 365 of the California Penal Code, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any other provision of law relating to duties of innkeepers and common carriers;
3. 
Where its application would result in an interference with or inhibition of peaceful labor picketing or other lawful labor activities;
4. 
Where its application would result in an interference with or inhibition of any other exercise of a constitutionally protected right of freedom of speech such as (but not limited to) peaceful expressions of political or religious opinions, not involving offensive personal conduct; or
5. 
Where the person who is upon another's private property or business premises is there under claim or color of legal right. This exception is applicable (but not limited to) the following types of situations involving disputes wherein the participants have available to them practical and effective civil remedies: marital and post-marital disputes, child custody or visitation disputes, disputes regarding title to or rights in real property, landlord-tenant disputes, disputes between members of the same family or between persons residing upon the property concerned up until the time of the dispute, employer-employee disputes, business-type disputes such as those between partners, debtor-creditor disputes, and instances wherein the person claims rights to be present pursuant to order, decree or process of a court.
E. 
As used in this section, "posted property" means any property at each corner of which, at each entrance to which, a sign is posted three feet above grade and said sign is composed of wood, metal or other equally substantial material, the face of which is not less than one square foot in area, and upon which, in legible letters not less than two inches in height in black against a white background, appear the words "PRIVATE PROPERTY – NO TRESPASS." In addition, the sign may contain such other words as may be desired, indicating that trespassers are subject to prosecution. Where the area of such property exceeds one acre, the notice shall also be posted a multiple location which are at intervals of not more than 300 feet along or near the boundaries thereof.
(Ord. 1845 § 2, 2009)