Milton, WI Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

01(5) and now within Chapter 50's article on offenses endangering public safety, prohibits standing, sitting, loafing or loitering, or engaging in any sport or exercise, on a public street, sidewalk, bridge or public ground within the City of Milton, but only when done in a manner that prevents or obstructs the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or prevents or hinders free ingress or egress to or from a place of business, amusement, church, public hall or meeting place. The ordinance is written as an obstruction offense rather than a blanket ban on sitting or standing in public: mere presence on a sidewalk is not itself a violation, and the city must show the person's conduct actually blocked or hindered passage or entry.

The section cross-references Chapter 66, which governs streets, sidewalks and other public places generally and covers related obstruction and encroachment rules for the same public rights-of-way. The provision sits in the same article as the city's discharge-of-firearms rule (Section 50-31) and missile-throwing rule (Section 50-32), reflecting its original purpose of protecting safe passage and access on city streets rather than regulating loitering behavior as a status offense on its own.