Lakeport Municipal Code Ch. 9.04 Offenses Against Public Peace and Decency

A. No person shall drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, or possess any open container of such beverages:

1. Upon any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, park, playground, public parking lot, or in any place open to the patronage of the public, which premises are not licensed for the consumption of such liquor on the premises;

2. Upon any public school ground, bleacher or stadium.

B. No alcoholic beverages may be sold, served, consumed, used, or possessed within a city park without prior written approval from both the Lakeport city council and Lakeport police department. Such prior written approval shall specify the designated area, time period, and conditions under which alcoholic beverages shall be permitted.

Notwithstanding any written approval granted in accordance herewith, no person shall sell, serve, consume, use, or possess alcoholic beverages within the children's play area located in that portion of Library Park south of the concrete walkway behind the old Carnegie Library building.

C. The possession of glass containers is prohibited in Library Park and all other park properties owned by the city.

D. Any person violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 456 § 2, 1970; Ord. 567 § 1, 1978; Ord. 670 § 1, 1987; Ord. 852 § 1, 2006; Ord. 955 § 1, 2025)

It is unlawful for any person to engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to a breach of the public peace and enjoyment of park and recreation areas.

(Ord. 456 § 3(part), 1970)

A. It is unlawful for any person to fail to cooperate in maintaining restrooms and washrooms in a neat and sanitary condition.

B. Male persons shall not resort to any restroom or washroom facilities set apart for women, and female persons shall not resort to restrooms and washroom facilities set apart for men; provided, that this shall not apply to children accompanied by an adult person; nor shall any person use such facilities for purposes other than those intended.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter at, in, or within fifteen feet of any public restroom, or intentionally block, hinder, or otherwise interfere with the ingress or egress of anyone attempting to use any public restroom. It shall further be unlawful to return to a public restroom within seventy-two hours after having been ordered to leave by a peace officer for loitering at, in, or within fifteen feet of that restroom. As used in this subsection, "loiter" means to delay, to linger, to sit, to lay, or to idle about in any city park, on city property or property otherwise designated for public use, without a lawful purpose for being present. This subsection is not intended to prohibit any person from engaging in any lawful purpose that may be conducted within fifteen feet of a public restroom, such as (1) using the public restroom; (2) waiting in line to use the public restroom; or (3) accompanying or assisting another person who is using a public restroom.

D. The prohibitions set forth in subsection C of this section shall not apply to any person whose conduct arises out of a medical emergency.

(Ord. 456 § 6, 1970; Ord. 952 § 2, 2025)