Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 8 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND SAFETY
Lafayette Municipal Code Ch. 8-5 Miscellaneous Offenses
Lafayette Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Lafayette
Cite as: Lafayette Municipal Code Chapter 8-5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
8-501 - Repealed by Ordinance 154.¶
8-502 - Acts in a public place interfering with an adjacent business.¶
It is unlawful for a person to remain on a public street, sidewalk or public place or other place open to the public, whether inside or outside of a public right-of-way, when his presence or his acts unreasonably interfere with the peaceful conduct of a lawful business or occupation on adjacent property by annoying or disturbing its personnel or customers, after being asked to leave by the owner, agent or person in lawful possession of the business.
(Ord. 31 § 1, 1969)
8-503 - Use of vehicle in public places for sleeping, eating or resting prohibited.¶
(a) No person may use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of a bus, camp trailer, camper, housecar, mobile home, motor vehicle, trailer, trailer coach, truck tractor, utility trailer or vehicle for human habitation, including sleeping, eating or resting, in the following locations within the city between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.:
(1) On any public street, park, square, avenue, alley or other public way;
(2) On any private street to which the motor vehicle laws have been made applicable by the city council pursuant to the provisions of Section 21107.5 of the Vehicle Code of the state.
(b) The definitions in the Vehicle Code apply to the terms used in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of an infraction. An infraction is punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding 50 dollars for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding 100 dollars for a second violation; and (3) a fine not exceeding 250 dollars for each additional violation within one year.
(Ord. 230 § 1, 1980)
8-504 - Selling from vehicles.¶
No person shall park or place any vehicle, trailer or portable structure either wholly or partially within any right-of-way of a public street for the purpose of selling, or offering or displaying for sale, anything either from or in such vehicle, trailer or portable structure.
(Ord. 262 § 1, 1982)
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