LaPorte County, IN Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

69, carried forward from `88 Code § 4-51 (Ord. 90-15, passed 12-3-90), lists the personal-conduct rules that apply throughout LaPorte County's park system. Subsection (D) states plainly that no person shall loiter in or near any building, toilet, or other park structure, or loiter in or near a vehicle within a park, giving Parks Department staff and peace officers a specific basis to move someone along who lingers around a restroom, shelter building, or parked vehicle without a legitimate purpose. The same section pairs that rule with related conduct restrictions: Subsection (A) bars noisy, boisterous, disorderly, or indecent conduct and disturbing a picnic or gathering without the group's consent; Subsection (C) bars obscene, profane, or abusive language within a park; Subsection (E) bars entering a restroom set aside for the opposite sex, except maintenance staff on duty; and Subsection (H) bars falsely impersonating a police officer or Parks Department employee.

80, which authorizes any state peace officer and any Parks and Recreation Department employee the Superintendent designates with enforcement authority to cite a person either from directly observing the loitering or from reliable information that it occurred. 01, this loitering rule applies specifically within county park boundaries and does not reach public sidewalks or private property elsewhere in unincorporated LaPorte County.