Lehi, UT Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Business and commercial property only
- Notice required
- Personal warning, fencing, or posted signs
- Classification
- Infraction, not a misdemeanor
- Maximum fine
- $750
- Origin
- 1984 Code § 9.24.020
Summary
Lehi City Code makes it an infraction to loiter on business or commercial property without lawful reason once the property owner has given notice against trespassing, whether by personal warning, a fence built to keep people out, or posted signs. The rule targets commercial and business parcels specifically, not public sidewalks generally.
A. Prohibited: It is unlawful for any person to loiter, either on foot, or in or on any vehicle, upon any business or commercial property within the city, without having some lawful business therein, or thereabouts, if a person, knowing his entry or presence on the property is unlawful, enters or remains on the property as to which notice against entering is given by: 1. Personal communication to the actor by the owner, a law enforcement officer or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner; or 2. Fencing or enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders; or 3. Posting of signs likely to come to the attention of the intruder. B. Penalty: Violation of this section is an infraction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.
Full Breakdown
Section 6-5-4, Loitering, is narrower than a general vagrancy ban. It is unlawful to loiter, on foot or in or on a vehicle, upon business or commercial property within Lehi without having lawful business there or thereabouts, but only if the person knows their entry or presence is unlawful because notice against entering has been given in one of three specific ways: personal communication from the owner, a law enforcement officer, or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner; fencing or an enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders; or the posting of signs likely to come to the attention of the person entering.
That structure means simply standing around on a commercial parking lot is not automatically illegal in Lehi; the property has to have put people on notice that entry is unauthorized, through a verbal warning, a barrier, or visible signage, before loitering there becomes a chargeable offense. 020 and was carried forward into the 2015 recodification. It sits in chapter 5's general offenses alongside curfew, park alcohol and firearms discharge rules, all enforced by the Lehi Police Department.
Violations & Fines
Loitering under section 6-5-4 is charged as an infraction, the lowest tier under Lehi's sentencing chapter, punishable by a fine up to $750 under section 1-4-1 with no jail time possible for an infraction conviction. Police can issue a citation once they establish that notice against entering had already been given in one of the three ways the section lists.
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