Chapter 11 · Public Offenses
Article 5. Loitering, Vagrancy
11-501 Loitering.
It is unlawful to loiter within the City limits of Florence. For the purpose of this section, loitering shall be defined as:
(a)To delay an activity with aimless idle stops and pauses;
(b)To remain in an area for no obvious reason: hang around, to lag behind;
(c)Loiter implies delay while in progress, as in walking, more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.
(Prior Code 10-1801; Code 2025)
11-502 Vagrancy.
It is unlawful for vagrants to be within the City limits of Florence. For the purpose of this section, vagrancy shall be defined as:
(a)One who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support;
(b)One (as a prostitute, drunkard or addicted to drugs) whose conduct constitutes statutory vagrancy;
(c)One having a fleeting, wayward, or inconsistent quality.
(Prior Code 10-1802; Code 2025)
11-503 Penalty.
Violation of this article shall be a Class C misdemeanor.
(Prior Code 10-1801; Code 2025)