Redding Municipal Code Ch. 10.18 Prohibited Activities in Public Areas

No person shall fail, neglect, or refuse to disperse or move on any public highway, alley, crosswalk, street or sidewalk or other place open for pedestrian travel, if directed to do so by a peace officer.

(Ord. 2183 § 1 (part), 1997)

A. No person shall loiter or stand in or upon any public highway, alley, crosswalk, street or sidewalk or other place open for pedestrian travel or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of pedestrians or as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the normal use of the entrance to any building, business, house of worship, medical or health facility, hall, theater, moving picture theater, or place of public assemblage.

B. No person shall loiter, stand in, or otherwise occupy any portion of a public park or other public property or a public highway, alley, crosswalk, street, sidewalk, or other place open for pedestrian travel as follows:

1. In such a manner as to intimidate or harass, physically or verbally, any other person;

2. For the purpose of consuming alcoholic beverages without a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 10.20 or Chapter 11.44; or

3. For the purpose of smoking if the person is a minor.

(Ord. 2183 § 1 (part), 1997)

Violations of Sections 10.18.010 and 10.18.020 shall constitute an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars; a second violation of the same section within one year is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars; and a third violation of the same section within five years of a first violation is a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 2183 § 1 (part), 1997)