Sit-Lie Rules
Homelessness & Encampment Rules
Citywide rules against sitting or lying on public sidewalks during specified daytime hours in commercial corridors, including how courts have constrained enforcement.
How Sit-Lie Rules Rules Differ by Place
Montgomery, AL: Montgomery, Alabama Median Sitting & Standing Ban
Heavy RestrictionsSince October 21, 2025, Montgomery, Alabama bars standing, sitting or lying on a traffic median under City Code Sec. 27-362(2), unless the median is a designated pedestrian refuge and…
Gilbert, AZ: Gilbert Sidewalk Sitting & Lying Ban
Heavy RestrictionsCode of Gilbert § 42-292 makes it unlawful to lie, sleep, sit, or camp on any public street, alley, lane, parkway, or other public right-of-way in town, whether dedicated by fee or…
Carson, CA: Carson Bans Lying or Sleeping on Sidewalks
Heavy RestrictionsCarson Municipal Code § 4206 makes it unlawful to lie or sleep on any sidewalk, street, or other public place in the city, as one clause of its broader disorderly-conduct statute.
Edmond, OK: Edmond Has No Sit-Lie Ordinance
Few RestrictionsEdmond repealed the city code section that once punished loitering and sleeping on the streets in 2017 and never replaced it, so there is currently no local sit-lie or…
Arlington, TX: Limited Sit-Lie Restrictions in Arlington
Few RestrictionsArlington enforces general obstruction-of-sidewalk and entertainment-district public-conduct rules but has no broad sit-lie ordinance criminalizing sitting or lying on public…
Bexar County, TX: No County Sit-Lie Ordinance in Unincorporated Bexar
Few RestrictionsBexar County has no ordinance prohibiting sitting or lying on public property in unincorporated areas. San Antonio's panhandling and obstruction rules apply only inside city limits…
Cities & Counties with Sit-Lie Rules Rules
195 locations
California
Oklahoma
Other Homelessness & Encampment Rules Topics
LAMC §41.18 Encampment Rule
Los Angeles's anti-camping ordinance, including the 500-foot setback designations from schools, day-cares, parks, and shelters where camping is prohibited after posting.
Encampment Sanitation
How cities provide trash, hygiene, and bulky-item pickup at encampments, the CARE/CARE+ cleanups in LA, and the storage-of-belongings rules from Lavan v. LA.
Bridge Housing Siting
Streamlined siting and permitting rules for emergency, bridge, and tiny-home interim housing, including LA's "A Bridge Home" program standards and CEQA carve-outs.