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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE

Chapter 9.08 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY

Orinda Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · Orinda

9.08.010 - Visiting gambling premises where violations occur.

No person shall remain in any place whether public, private, open or closed, where violations of any of the gaming prohibitions in Chapters 9, 10 and 10.5 of Title 9 of Part 1 of the California Penal Code (Sections 319 ff, 330 ff and 337.1 ff) or in Chapters 52-2, 52-3 and 52-4 are occurring, with knowledge thereof. (CCCC § 52-2.204)

9.08.020 - Misdemeanors while intoxicated.

No person shall commit any of the following acts while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or any drug, or the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug: A. Enter a building or upon any private lands, owned by any other person without the consent of the owner or his or her agent or the person in lawful possession thereof; or B. Enter a building or upon any private lands, owned by any other person, to the annoyance of any person; or C. Enter any portion of public lands or buildings or any portion of lands or buildings open to the public, which portion is not open to the general public, to the annoyance of any person; or D. Be in, on or about a motor vehicle upon any private lands or buildings. (CCCC § 54-6.002)

9.08.030 - Labor disputes—Obstruction of public ways.

No person shall loiter, stand or sit in or on any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk so as to hinder or obstruct in any manner the free passage of persons or vehicles or to annoy or molest passing persons. (CCCC § 54-8.002)

9.08.040 - Intimidation during picketing prohibited.

No person shall picket premises where any person is employed or seeking employment, or any place or approach thereto where an employee or person seeking employment lodges or resides, for the purpose of inducing the employee or person seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering employment. (CCCC § 54-8.004)

9.08.050 - Intimidation during assembly prohibited.

No person in association or agreement with one or more other persons shall assemble, congregate or meet together in the vicinity of any premises where other persons are employed or seek employment, or on the adjacent streets for the purpose of inducing the employees or persons seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear to quit their employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into contracts of employment. (CCCC § 54-8.006)

9.08.060 - Opprobrious language prohibited.

No person shall utter to, or within the hearing of, another any derogatory, indecent, opprobrious language or epithets, make any loud or unusual noise or tone, cry out or proclaim, or use any gestures for the purpose of inducing any person by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence,

or fear to quit his employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment. (CCCC § 54- 8.008)

9.08.070 - Peaceable picketing.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit peaceable picketing nor to prohibit labor from attempting to accomplish its aims in trade disputes by other peaceable means, including collective bargaining. (CCCC § 54-8.010)

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