Broome County, NY Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Section 281-3(H) of the Broome County Code states plainly: 'No person shall loiter in or near toilets or restroom facilities within the park.' The same rule appears word for word for county office buildings and grounds at § 222-4(J). Both provisions sit inside broader chapters, Chapter 281 (Parks and Recreation Areas) and Chapter 222 (County Property, Use Of), that set out conduct rules for anyone entering county-controlled property, including bans on disorderly conduct, harassment, public lewdness, unlawful assembly, weapons, drugs, camping and unauthorized fires.

The parks chapter applies to Broome County's park system under § 281-1; the property chapter applies to county-owned or leased buildings and grounds under § 222-1. Neither chapter defines 'loiter' further, so the prohibition covers remaining in or near a restroom without using it for its intended purpose, consistent with how the section sits alongside the disorderly-conduct and public-lewdness provisions in the same chapters.

Enforcement power under both chapters is shared: the Commissioner (for parks) or the County Executive, Commissioner or Administrator (for buildings and grounds), plus County security officers, park rangers, animal control officers, and local, county or state police, may all issue appearance tickets for a violation.