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Title 5 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS, AND CONDUCT›Chapter 10 — LOITERING AND INDECENT LANGUAGE

Antioch Municipal Code Art. 1 Loitering by Adults

Antioch Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Antioch

Cite as: Antioch Municipal Code Article 1 · Text as of 2026-10-03

§ 5-10.101 UNLAWFUL ON PUBLIC WAYS.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk in the city so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or of vehicles passing along the same, or so as to in any manner annoy or molest persons passing along the same, or for the purpose of threatening, compelling, coercing, or intimidating any person to refrain from engaging, continuing, or seeking any lawful employment or occupation.

('66 Code, § 5-10.101) (Ord. 122-A, passed 4-8-35) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.

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§ 5-10.102 UNLAWFUL AT PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or at the entrance of any church, hall, theater, park, or place of public assemblage in the city so as to in any manner obstruct such entrance for the purpose of preventing lawful ingress or egress thereto or therefrom.

('66 Code, § 5-10.102) (Ord. 122-A, passed 4-8-35) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.

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