O'Fallon, MO Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Establishments offering live entertainment
- Timing
- After closing for the night
- Companion rule
- No fighting/disorderly conduct while open
- Enforcement
- O'Fallon Police Department, City Clerk
- Max penalty
- $500 fine, 3 months jail
Summary
O'Fallon bars loitering or gathering around any commercial establishment that offers live entertainment once the business has closed for the night. Section 635.030(H) pairs that rule with a ban on fighting or other disorderly conduct at the same establishments while they are open, both enforced under the Live Entertainment Chapter.
H. Disorderly Conduct. No fighting or other disorderly conduct shall be permitted at any commercial establishment offering live entertainment. Furthermore, no loitering or gathering, around any commercial establishment offering live entertainment shall be permitted once the business has closed for the night.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4860992; v58 updated 2026-05-14; through 05-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
010, from bars with bands to venues with DJs. The subsection does two things: it forbids fighting or other disorderly conduct at the establishment while entertainment is being offered, and separately bars any loitering or gathering around the establishment once the business has closed for the night. The rule is written specifically for licensed live entertainment premises rather than as a general loitering ordinance for the whole City, so it reaches the parking lot and immediate area of a bar or club after closing time rather than sidewalks, parks or other public property generally. m. 030(C). Enforcement runs through the O'Fallon Police Department and the City Clerk, who issues and can revoke the establishment's live entertainment permit.
Violations & Fines
A commercial establishment that permits loitering or gathering outside after closing, or that allows fighting or disorderly conduct while open, can have its live entertainment special event permit suspended or revoked by the City Clerk under Section 635.080. Violations are also punishable under Section 635.100 by a fine of up to five hundred dollars and up to three months in jail for each violation.
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