Sonora Municipal Code § 9.50 Conduct on Public Property

No person, after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that he or she is in violation of the prohibition in this section, shall occupy any portion of a public way or public place so as to obstruct or interfere with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic thereon, whether such person does so alone or together with one or more persons, or with equipment or personal property of any nature, and whether such person does so by standing, sitting, lying or in any other manner.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994; Ord. No. 900, § 1, 2-3-2025)

No person, after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that he or she is in violation of the prohibition of this section, shall sit or lie down upon a public sidewalk or sidewalk curb, or upon a blanket, chair, stool, or any other object placed upon a public sidewalk in the city.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994; Ord. No. 900, § 2, 2-3-2025)

A. Persons standing or sitting on the curb portion of any sidewalk or street while attending or viewing any parade, festival, performance or similar event permitted under the provisions of this code;

B. Persons sitting upon benches or other seating facilities provided or authorized for such purposes by municipal authorities;

C. Any conduct which is in conformity with the terms of any permit granted pursuant to this code;

D. Any conduct in public places that are privately owned where such conduct is in conformity with permission granted by the owner of said premises or by the person entitled to the possession of said premises;

E. Persons sitting or lying down due to a medical emergency;

F. Persons who, as the result of a disability, utilize a wheelchair or similar device to move about.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)

No person, after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that he or she is in violation of the prohibition in this section, shall:

A. Walk, stand, sit or lie upon any monument, vase, decorative fountain, drinking fountain, bike rack, trash receptacle, median, fire hydrant, street tree planter, berm, utility cabinet, railing, fence, planter or upon any other public property not designed or customarily used for such purposes;

B. Walk, stand, sit or lie upon any public lawn or planted area which is posted with signs that forbid such conduct; or

C. Walk, stand or lie upon any public bench.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)

No person shall urinate or defecate in public except when using a urinal, toilet or commode located in a bathroom, restroom or other structure enclosed from public view.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)

Any person who violates any section in this chapter and is cited for such a violation, and who within thirty days after receiving such a citation again violates the same section, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)

It is not the intent of this chapter to prohibit protesting, picketing, demonstrating, leafleting or any other lawful activity permitted under the laws of the state of California or by the National Labor Relations Act in connection with a labor dispute.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)

The regulations set forth in this chapter are not intended to be exclusive and compliance therewith shall not excuse noncompliance with any other regulations pertaining to this chapter, set forth by the state of California or elsewhere in the city's code.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1994.)