Monterey Municipal Code § 22-26 Loitering in any parking facilities

a. Prohibited.It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, linger or loaf in or on any parking facility, or on the sidewalks or streets immediately adjacent thereto.

b.Definitions:

1. Parking facilities.All parking lots, garages, parking structures, whether public or private, having designated spaces for the parking of five or more vehicles.

2. Sidewalks and streets immediately adjacent thereto.All sidewalks, walkways, stairways, streets, alleys and driveways which are provided for the purpose of providing either pedestrian or vehicular ingress and egress to the parking facility.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter at, in, or within fifty (50) feet of any public restroom, or intentionally block 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 (72) hours after having been asked to leave by a peace officer for loitering at, in, or about the restroom. As used in this section “loiter” means to delay, to linger, 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. (Ord. 3322, 2003)

a. Prohibited.To protect public health and safety, no person shall sit or lie on the floor inside a public restroom.

b. Exceptions.The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any person whose conduct arises out of a medical emergency. (Ord. 3652 § 3, 2022)