Plano enforces loitering through Texas Penal Code 30.05 criminal trespass and Plano Code Chapter 26, focused on private commercial property after closing, parking lots used for solicitation, and gatherings blocking sidewalks or storefronts.
Texas Penal Code 30.05 makes criminal trespass a Class B misdemeanor when a person remains on property after notice to leave. Plano Police use this with retail and apartment partners under criminal trespass affidavits, allowing officers to remove people loitering at gas stations, shopping centers, and apartment complexes after hours. Plano Code Chapter 26 separately addresses obstruction of pedestrian traffic. Plano avoided the constitutional pitfalls of vague anti-loitering statutes by tying enforcement to trespass notice rather than mere presence, drawing on cases like City of Chicago v. Morales.
Remaining after notice on a posted property, blocking storefront entrances, or aggressive solicitation in commercial lots leads to Class B trespass arrest, citations, and bans from listed properties.
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