Woodlake Municipal Code Ch. 9.04 Offenses Against Public Peace and Decency

No person shall stand in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public way open for pedestrian or vehicle travel, or otherwise occupy any portion thereof as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of persons or vehicles.

No person shall loiter in any tunnel, pedestrian subway, or on any bridge, overpass or at or near the entrance thereof or exit therefrom or at or near any abutment or retaining wall adjacent to such entrance or exit, or any retaining wall or abutment adjacent to any freeway, street or highway open and used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or on any public property in the proximity of such bridge, overpass, or retaining wall or abutment.

No person shall sit, lie or sleep in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public way.

No person shall physically block, impede or obstruct any public place or any entrance, exit or approach to any place of business in or upon any public place in a manner calculated or with intent to prevent, delay, hinder or interfere with the free passage there along or there through of any other person who is entering, occupying or leaving any place of business, or public facility.

Provisions of this section shall not apply to encroachments approved and authorized by the city council or allowable under existing law.

(Ord. 517 § 1, 1995: Ord. 232 § 1, 1970)

It is unlawful for any person to throw any object or material at vehicles, persons, animals, buildings or any property of another.

(Ord. 232 § 2, 1970)

A. It is unlawful for any person to consume or drink any beer, wine or other alcoholic beverage on any street, sidewalk, alley, highway, mall or other public street improvement within the city. This section shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts prohibited by any law of the state of California.

B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days.

(Ord. 244 §§ 1, 2, 1972)

A violation of this chapter is not punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor, a violation of this chapter is punishable only by an administrative fine. Any person who violates any provisions of any ordinance enacted by the city, as amended from time to time, or any person who owns property upon which a violation exists, irrespective of whether that person caused the violation, shall be subject to an administrative fine or penalty up to the maximum amounts set forth by Woodlake Municipal Code Chapter 1.12.070.

Persons cited for violating this chapter may request an administrative appeal hearing as permitted by Woodlake Municipal Code Chapter 1.12.110.

(Ord. 232 § 9, 1970)

(Ord. No. 641, § 2, 11-8-2021)