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Committee backs new loitering ordinance to address obstructing pedestrian movement
5604503 · August 13, 2025
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Summary
The committee voted to recommend an ordinance making it unlawful to loiter in ways that obstruct reasonable movement of traffic, apply on public and posted premises, and give business owners a new enforcement tool.
The Community and Economic Development Committee voted to recommend an ordinance that would make loitering and obstructing reasonable pedestrian movement an explicit offense in the municipal code.
City legal staff said the draft divides the conduct into four categories: loitering in any public place to the point of obstructing pedestrians,…
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