§ 22-5. Same—About public buildings, entrances, etc.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to linger, loiter, sit or stand in any public room on any hotel, motel, office or business establishment in the city, or any courthouse corridor, or any bus or railroad station, or the hallways or entrances of any public building, or to use any public room for business or social purposes, or to obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, or if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent, or person in control or charge of the building or premises. The term "public rooms," for the purpose of this section, includes any basement, attic, building entrance or doorway, lobby, hallway, stairway, mezzanine, elevator, foyer, public rest room, sitting room, or any other place used in common by the public, tenants, occupants, guests or customers, and situated in a hotel, motel, office building, public building or business establishment in the city.

(b)

This section is punishable as a municipal civil infraction.

(Prior Code, § 9.109; Ord. No. 95-21, 8-7-1995)