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Title 6 — POLICE REGULATIONS

Chapter 6.08 — GENERAL OFFENSES

Tulare Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Tulare

Section 6.08.010 Damaging fountains or hydrants. 6.08.020 Disorderly conduct. 6.08.030 Selling in public places. 6.08.040 Soliciting at depots. 6.08.050 Tampering with fire hydrants. 6.08.060 Unlawful presence on school grounds or related facilities. 6.08.070 Public nudity.

§ 6.08.010 Damaging fountains or hydrants.

No person shall injure, cause to be injured or, in any manner, molest any public fountain or hydrant where water is furnished for drinking purposes, whether the same be donated to the public by individuals or societies or maintained at the public expense. (1995 Code, § 6.08.010)

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§ 6.08.020 Disorderly conduct.

Any person who shall engage in any disorderly or boisterous conduct; or disturb the peace of others by assaulting, striking or fighting; or be found in an intoxicated or drunken condition upon any street, thoroughfare, alley, sidewalk or other place dedicated to or in general use of the public; or who shall expose his or her person or any part thereof in any indecent or lewd manner in any public place within the city where there are other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1995 Code, § 6.08.020)

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§ 6.08.030 Selling in public places.

No person shall occupy or obstruct any public street, alley or sidewalk, with or without any stand, box or other equipment, for the purpose of selling or soliciting the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise, or for the purpose of giving any demonstration or exhibition in connection with the sale or solicitation of the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise. No person shall be deemed to be occupying or obstructing any street, alley or sidewalk within the meaning thereof, while traveling and in motion thereon. (1995 Code, § 6.08.030)

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§ 6.08.040 Soliciting at depots.

No person shall solicit patronage for any hotel, vehicle or other business upon the depot platform of any railroad within the city, nor within 40 feet of the main track of the railroad without permission in writing to do so from the owner or managing agent or superintendent of the road, and then only under such restrictions as may be imposed. (1995 Code, § 6.08.040)

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§ 6.08.050 Tampering with fire hydrants.

No person, unless duly authorized to do so, shall, in any manner, molest, injure or interfere with any hydrant, fireplug or other water connection in the city. (1995 Code, § 6.08.050)

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§ 6.08.060 Unlawful presence on school grounds or related facilities.

It shall be unlawful for any person, not a student of the school involved, to return to any school grounds, school buildings or streets, sidewalks or public ways adjacent thereto, without lawful business therein, within a period of 90 days if the person has been asked, during school hours or during school functions, to leave the school grounds, school buildings or streets, sidewalks or public ways adjacent thereto, by the Chief Administrative Officer of the school, or by any certified school employee designated as the agent of the Chief Administrative Officer or by any peace officer for any of the following reasons: (A) Misconduct on or about any of the above-described premises (misconduct is to be defined by local school regulations regarding conduct on campus, or by Cal. Penal Code § 415); (B) Conviction of any offense requiring registration under Cal. Penal Code § 290; (C) Conviction of any offense included in Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 10 or Division 10.5; or (D) Repeated or frequent loitering in or about the above-described premises, without having lawful business at the premises. (1995 Code, § 6.08.060)

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§ 6.08.070 Public nudity.

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally appear in public in a state of nudity. NUDITY or STATE OF NUDITY means: (1) The appearance or display of the human bare buttock, anus, male genitals, female genitals or the areola or nipple of the female breast; or (2) A state of dress which fails to opaquely and fully cover a human buttock, anus, male or female genitals, pubic region or areola or nipple of the female breast. (B) This section shall not apply to children under ten years of age. (1995 Code, § 6.08.070)

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