Council to hear proposal to make certain offenses misdemeanors under Chapter 42
Summary
Staff will propose changing several offenses from civil penalties to misdemeanors — including public consumption, trespass, loitering, obstructing streets, carrying concealed weapons on city property, and failing to vacate when asked — to give police new enforcement options.
The council will consider a proposal to amend Chapter 42 of the city code to elevate certain offenses from civil violations to misdemeanors, a change that city staff say would give law enforcement additional enforcement tools. City Manager Wilson Hooper listed the offenses under consideration, including consumption of alcohol in public places, trespassing on posted property, loitering and assemblies that obstruct streets, carrying a concealed weapon on city property, and failing to vacate city property when asked by a City agent.
Hooper also said the change would expand the list of city facilities where concealed carry is prohibited to include facilities that did not exist the last time the code was updated and cited the Mary C. Jenkins Center as an example. The item will be presented at a public hearing for comment prior to any council action.
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