Kyle, TX Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Loitering ban
- Medians, corners, sidewalks, crosswalks for solicitation
- Exceptions
- Emergency services, vested newspaper sellers, permitted non-profits
- Median parking
- Banned except emergencies (§ 47-33(d))
- Hazard zones
- City manager's designee may post no-stop signs
- Default fine
- Up to $500.00 per offense (§ 1-14)
- Continuing offense
- Each day counts as separate violation
Summary
In the City of Kyle it's unlawful to loiter in medians or near corners, sidewalks, crosswalks or intersections of congested roads to solicit money, and to park in a median except in an emergency, under City Code § 47-33. The city manager's designee can also mark hazardous or congested places where all stopping and standing is banned.
(a) The city manager's designee is authorized to determine and designate, by signs or markings, places in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic. (b) When official signs or markings are placed at hazardous or congested places as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, it is unlawful for a person to stop, stand or park a vehicle in these designated places. (c) It is unlawful for a person to loiter in medians or near corners, sidewalks, crosswalks or intersections of congested roads for the solicitation of money. The selling or promotion of goods and services is lawful, if: (1) Carried on by Emergency services departments within city limits; (2) Involves the selling of newspapers with a reflective vest; or (3) Is conducted by a non-profit with a permit and reflective vest. (d) It is unlawful for a person to park a vehicle within a median, except for an emergency. Emergency services vehicles and municipal vehicles may park in medians if the situation is warranted.
Full Breakdown
Section 47-33(a) authorizes the city manager's designee to mark, by signs or pavement markings, locations where stopping, standing or parking would create an especially hazardous condition or cause unusual traffic delay. Once those signs or markings are up, § 47-33(b) makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle in the designated spot at all. Subsection (c) targets pedestrian loitering directly: it is unlawful to loiter in medians or near corners, sidewalks, crosswalks or intersections of congested roads for the purpose of soliciting money.
The section carves out three exceptions to that solicitation ban: activity carried on by emergency services departments within city limits, selling newspapers while wearing a reflective vest, and non-profit selling or promotion conducted under a permit while wearing a reflective vest. Subsection (d) separately bars parking a vehicle within a median at any time except for an emergency, though emergency services and municipal vehicles may park in a median when warranted by the situation. Read together, the section reaches both vehicles and pedestrians who linger in traffic medians, congested intersections, and roadway chokepoints, reflecting a traffic-safety rationale rather than a general anti-panhandling ordinance.
Violations & Fines
Violating the loitering-for-solicitation ban, the median-parking ban, or stopping in a designated hazardous zone is punishable under the Code's general penalty at § 1-14: a fine of up to $500.00 for a violation with no specific penalty stated, with each day a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
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