Transit facilities within the City should be readily accessible and available to residents and the public for their intended purposes. This Chapter aims to maintain transit facilities within the City in a clean, sanitary, safe, attractive, and accessible condition and to protect the community's health, safety, environment, and general welfare. In addition, the use of transit facilities for camping, sleeping, and storing of personal property and bulky items interferes with the rights of others to use and enjoy those areas as they are intended.
(Ord. 1724(25), 3/18/2025)
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms are defined as follows:
"Bulky item"
means any item that is too large, or a group of items that cumulatively are too large, to fit into one 60-gallon trash container with the lid closed, including, but not limited to, a mattress, couch, chair, or other furniture or appliance.
"Camp" and "camping"
have the same meaning given in Section 8.40.020 of this Code.
"Camp facilities"
has the same meaning given in Section 8.40.020 of this Code.
"Enforcement officer"
means a law enforcement officer, a City code enforcement officer, or any other person authorized by the City to enforce this Code.
"Personal property"
has the same meaning given in Section 8.40.020 of this Code.
"Store"
has the same meaning given in Section 8.40.020 of this Code.
"Transit facility"
means a taxi stand, a bus stop, a bus shelter, a bus station, a bus bench, spaces that are required for boarding and alighting activity for transit passengers, infrastructure needed for bus vehicles to service the waiting areas, a place providing access to or egress from transit services, train stations, shuttle terminals or stops, and reserved travel lanes for exclusive transit operation.
"Transit vehicle"
means a train, bus, car, van, shuttle, or other form of transportation used to carry people.
(Ord. 1724(25), 3/18/2025)
Transit facilities owned or controlled by the City are closed to the public except between the following hours: 30 minutes before the first transit vehicle of the day is scheduled to arrive at the transit facility until 30 minutes after the last transit vehicle of the day is scheduled to arrive at the transit facility. It is unlawful to occupy any such transit facility during hours when the transit facility is closed.
(Ord. 1724(25), 3/18/2025)
The following actions are prohibited at, on, or in any transit facility:
A. 
Camping;
B. 
Storing personal property;
C. 
Interfering with or obstructing another person's ability to use the transit facility or a transit vehicle for its intended use, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
1. 
Lying down on, or otherwise taking up more space than that required by one seated person on, any bench or in any seating area, including, but not limited to, placing or storing a bulky item in a transit facility,
2. 
Taking any action that impedes passage required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended from time to time,
3. 
Interfering with, or obstructing with one's person or any item, any person's ability to enter or exit a transit facility or transit vehicle, or to access any portion of or amenity at or on a transit facility or transit vehicle,
4. 
Placing trash anywhere other than a designated trash receptacle; or
D. 
Attaching any item to a transit facility.
(Ord. 1724(25), 3/18/2025)
A. 
Personal property that is unlawfully stored in a transit facility or is creating an obstruction in a transit facility shall be immediately removed by its owner from the transit facility upon the request of an enforcement officer.
B. 
Any unattended item of personal property that is unlawfully stored in a transit facility or that is creating an obstruction in a transit facility may be immediately removed from the transit facility by an enforcement officer and placed outside of the transit facility.
C. 
Personal property placed or stored in a transit facility in violation of this Chapter is also subject to removal in accordance with the procedures in Section 8.40.050 of this code.
D. 
Anything unlawfully attached to a transit facility may be immediately detached from the transit facility by an enforcement officer.
(Ord. 1724(25), 3/18/2025)