9.54.020 Prohibition.
A. Prohibition. No person shall sit or lie down upon, or place a blanket, sleeping bag, backpack, chair, mattress, couch, stool, or any similar equipment, item, or furniture upon city property, whether improved or unimproved, within a service facility buffer zone.
B. Exceptions. The prohibitions in subsection (A) of this section shall not apply to any person:
1. Temporarily sitting or lying down on a sidewalk or other city property due to a medical emergency;
2. Who, as the result of a disability, utilizes a wheelchair, walker, or similar device to move about the public sidewalk or other city property; or
3. Operating or patronizing an activity on the public sidewalk or other city property pursuant to a city-issued permit for the activity; or a person participating in or attending a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting, or similar event conducted on the public sidewalk or other city property pursuant to a street use or other applicable permit issued by the city.
Nothing in any of these exceptions shall be construed to permit any conduct which is prohibited by any city ordinance, code, or regulation.
C. No person shall be cited under this section unless the person engages in conduct prohibited by this section after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that the conduct violates this section and refuses or intentionally fails to cease such activity when ordered to do so.
D. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by up to ninety days in jail, a fine of up to five hundred dollars, or both. (Ord. 3957-23 § 2, 2023.)