[Adopted 8-5-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1461 as Secs. 10.08 and 10.16 of the 1997 Code]
No person shall loaf or loiter about the streets or in and about any place of public assembly or obstruct in any manner the entrance or stairway to any business building within the City.
A. 
Loitering for improper purposes. No person shall loiter or lounge in any public street or highway or alley or in any other public place or on any private premises without invitation from the owner or occupant thereof for any immoral, illegal or improper purpose or insult or disturb any person by any act, gesture or language.
B. 
Obstruction of highway by loitering. No person shall obstruct any street, bridge, sidewalk or crossing by lounging or loitering in or upon the same after being requested to move on by any police officer.
C. 
Obstructions of traffic by loitering. No person shall loaf or loiter in groups or crowds upon the public streets, alleys, sidewalks, street crossings or bridges or in any other public places within the City in such manner as to prevent, interfere with or obstruct the ordinary free use of said public streets, sidewalks, streets, street crossings and bridges or other public places by persons passing along and over the same.
D. 
Loitering after being requested to move. No person shall loaf or loiter in groups or crowds upon the public streets, sidewalks or adjacent doorways or entrances, street crossings or bridges or in any other public place or on any private premises without invitation from the owner or occupant after being requested to move by any police officer or by any person in authority at such places.
E. 
Loitering in public places. No person shall loiter, lounge or loaf in or about any depot, theater, dance hall, restaurant, store, public sidewalk, public parking lot or other place of assembly or public use after being requested to move by any police officer, proprietor of the place of business or by any person in authority at such place. Upon being requested to move, a person must immediately comply with such request by leaving the premises or area thereof at the time of the request.
F. 
Loitering or prowling generally. No person shall loiter or prowl in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such alarm is warranted is the fact that the actor takes flight upon appearance of a peace officer, refuses to identify himself/herself or manifestly endeavors to conceal himself/herself or any object. Unless flight by the actor or other circumstances makes it impracticable, a peace officer shall, prior to any arrest for an offense under this section, afford the actor an opportunity to dispel any alarm which would otherwise be warranted by requesting him/her to identify himself/herself and explain his/her presence and conduct. No person shall be convicted of an offense under this section if the peace officer did not comply with the preceding sentence, or if it appears at trial that the explanation given by the actor was true and, if believed by the peace officer at the time, would have dispelled the alarm.
[Added 10-2-2018 by Ord. No. 2019-2341]