Rialto, CA Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered areas
- Commercial parking lots citywide
- Lawful solicitation site
- City's designated day laborer center
- Prohibited acts
- Loiter to solicit work, business, money
- Roadside solicitation
- Also banned under 11.16.030
- Enacted
- Ord. 1365, 2004
Summary
Rialto Municipal Code 11.16.035 makes it unlawful to loiter in any commercial parking area of the city, outside the designated day laborer center, to solicit employment, business, or money from shoppers or drivers. The chapter also bars roadside solicitation from vehicles or pedestrians in the public right-of-way.
11.16.035 - Prohibition of loitering in any commercial parking lot. It is unlawful for any person to loiter in any portion of any commercial parking area within the city other than in the area designated by the city's day laborer center during its hours of operation, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business, or contributions of money or other property from a person who is shopping, parking or otherwise frequenting a commercial parking area.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 39).
Full Breakdown
16, adopted by Ordinance 1365 in 2004, regulates solicitation and loitering tied to soliciting business or day labor. 020 defines 'loiter' as standing, lying, or sitting idly around, or aimlessly lingering or congregating with others, and defines 'commercial parking area' as privately owned property designed or used mainly for vehicle parking that adjoins a commercial establishment. 035 makes it unlawful for any person to loiter in any portion of a commercial parking area, other than in the area designated by the city's day laborer center during its hours of operation, in order to solicit or attempt to solicit employment, business, or contributions of money or other property from someone shopping, parking, or otherwise frequenting the lot.
to provide a lawful location for day-labor solicitation. 030 separately bars roadside solicitation, making it unlawful for a pedestrian standing in any public right-of-way, including streets, highways, sidewalks and driveways, to solicit a person traveling in a vehicle, and equally unlawful for a vehicle occupant to solicit a pedestrian in the right-of-way. 040 further prohibits soliciting from any unauthorized location within a commercial parking area, reinforcing that the day laborer center is the only lawful solicitation site.
Violations & Fines
Loitering in a commercial parking lot to solicit employment, business, or money outside the designated day laborer center violates Section 11.16.035. Roadside solicitation to or from vehicle occupants in the public right-of-way separately violates Section 11.16.030, and soliciting from any unauthorized spot within a commercial lot violates Section 11.16.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
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