Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Alameda County Municipal Code Ch. 9.16 Loitering
Alameda County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alameda County
Cite as: Alameda County Municipal Code Chapter 9.16 · Text as of 2026-10-04
9.16.010 - Regulating presence of minors under eighteen years in public streets and public places.¶
Every person under the age of eighteen (18) years who loiters in or about any public street or other public place or any place open to the public in the unincorporated territory of the county between the hour of ten p.m., and the time of sunrise of the following day when not accompanied by his parent, guardian or other adult person having legal care, custody or control of such person, or spouse of such person over twenty-one (21) years of age, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior gen. code § 4-25.0)
9.16.020 - Duties of parents and others in care of minors.¶
Every parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who permits such person to violate any provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior gen. code § 4-25.1)
9.16.030 - Loitering on county hospital grounds.¶
Every person who loiters, prowls, wanders or is present without lawful business on the property of Fairmont or Highland Hospital(s) and who fails to leave upon request of a sheriff's officer, peace officer or authorized agent of Fairmont or Highland Hospital(s) or returns within seventy-two (72) hours after being asked to leave by a sheriff's officer, peace officer or authorized agent of Fairmont or Highland Hospital(s), is guilty of an infraction.
As used in this section "loiter" means to delay, linger, or to idle about any such county property, specifically Fairmont or Highland Hospital(s), without lawful business.
Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this section shall be punishable upon a first conviction by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, for a second conviction within a period of one year, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and, for a third or any subsequent conviction within a one-year period, by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Any violation beyond the third conviction within a one-year period may be charged by the District Attorney as a misdemeanor and the penalty for conviction of the same shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months or by both.
(Prior gen. code § 4-27)
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