Orem, UT Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Orem City Code Section 9-2-1, Conduct at or near schools, contains five distinct prohibitions enforced together under one section. It is unlawful to annoy, disturb, or otherwise prevent the orderly conduct of a school or college's activities, administration, or classes. It is unlawful to harass, assault, or molest any student or employee while at the school, building, parking lot, or grounds. Directly on point for loitering, the code makes it unlawful for any person to loiter in, about, or on any school or college grounds or buildings, on foot or in or on a vehicle, without having some lawful reason to do so.

The section also bans obscene, lewd, wanton, or mischievous conduct on school grounds, and separately makes it unlawful to park or move a vehicle near a school to annoy or molest students or staff, or to entice them into a vehicle for an unlawful purpose. All five provisions trace back to Ordinance No. 661, revised April 10, 1990, and remain in force unchanged. A related but distinct offense, Section 9-2-2, Obstructing access to premises, bars congregating on a sidewalk, stairway, doorway, or window so as to block people entering or leaving a business, dwelling, or church, but that section is general-purpose and not school-specific.

Because Section 9-2-1's loitering clause requires only that the person lack a lawful reason to be on school property, a student attending class, a parent picking up a child, or a vendor with business on campus is not in violation; the statute targets people with no legitimate connection to the school who linger on its grounds or in the parking lot.