Layton, UT Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Public portions of business/private parking lots
- Prohibited
- Congregating that blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage
- Exception
- Written consent from lot owner, lessee or operator
- Penalty
- Infraction, up to $750 fine, § 1.20.090
- Adopted
- Recodified by Ord. 97-35, 6/19/1997
Summary
Layton bars anyone from gathering or lingering on the public areas of a parking lot when doing so blocks pedestrians or vehicles from moving freely, unless the lot's owner, lessee or operator gives express written consent. The rule targets loitering in shopping-center and business parking lots specifically, not sidewalks generally.
It is unlawful for any one (1) person alone or for more than one (1) person in concert with others to assemble or congregate on the public portion of the parking lot for the purpose or lingering or loitering in any manner which will obstruct, impede, or interfere with the free passage of other pedestrians or vehicles using the parking lot, without the express written consent of the owner, lessee, or operator of the parking lot.
Full Breakdown
64 (Private Parking Lots), makes it unlawful for one person alone, or more than one acting in concert, to assemble or congregate on the public portion of a parking lot for the purpose of lingering or loitering in a manner that obstructs, impedes or interferes with the free passage of other pedestrians or vehicles using the lot, unless the owner, lessee or operator has given express written consent. 010 explain that a covered 'parking lot' is any outdoor space where more than two motor vehicles may be parked, stored, serviced, housed or kept, including drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks, shopping centers, gas stations and grocery-store lots, plus City-owned lots at parks, recreation areas and administrative facilities.
The 'public portions' covered include the driving and parking areas, ingress and egress points, driveways, sidewalks, malls, arcades, service areas and entrances into stores. 020. 080. The section was recodified by Ordinance 97-35 on June 19, 1997 and has not been amended since.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 10.64.030 is an infraction under § 1.20.080 because the section names no separate punishment, exposing a violator to a fine of up to $750 under § 1.20.090 but no jail time. Layton Police can issue a citation to anyone congregating without the lot owner's written consent in a manner that blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage.
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