Coral Springs, FL Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Section 11-4 makes it unlawful to commit disorderly conduct anywhere in Coral Springs, and subsection (c) defines that offense as a list of specific acts committed with the purpose of causing, or in a manner likely to cause, danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance. Item (11) is the loitering-and-obstruction clause: it bars standing, loitering or walking upon any street, sidewalk, crosswalk or other public way so as to obstruct free passage over, on or along it. That clause sits alongside 14 other disorderly-conduct acts in the same subsection, including inciting a riot, engaging in violent or tumultuous conduct, interfering with someone's lawful occupation by violence, blocking vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refusing to clear it when a police officer orders it, and resisting or obstructing a city official's duties.

Subsection (b) defines the vocabulary used across the section: 'riot' requires an assemblage of three or more people with acts or credible threats of violence, 'incite a riot' excludes mere advocacy of ideas or expression of belief, and 'abusive words' are limited to fighting words, not language that merely causes displeasure or annoyance. Subsection (d) expressly protects lawful assembly, picketing, public speaking and other lawful expression of opinion from being swept into the ordinance, so peaceful protest that does not obstruct passage or threaten violence falls outside Section 11-4(c)(11).