9.50.040 Prohibited conduct.
(1) The following behavior is prohibited by this chapter in the places to which this chapter applies:
(a) Dangerous Behavior. Any behavior that creates an imminent and unreasonable risk of injury or harm to either persons or property of another or the actor.
(b) Illegal Behavior. Any behavior that is prohibited by the laws of the United States, Washington State, Snohomish County, or the city including, but not limited to, any of the following types of behavior:
(i) Threatening another person by communicating either directly or indirectly to another person the intent to cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person;
(ii) Selling or using alcohol or drugs;
(iii) Threatening or harassing behavior (e.g., fighting or threatening to fight, brandishing a weapon, stalking, verbally threatening to harm others or their property);
(iv) Assaulting staff or other patrons;
(v) Urination or defecation other than in facilities intended for that function;
(vi) Sexual misconduct or harassment (e.g., indecent exposure, offensive touching, sexual acts);
(vii) Vandalism or placing graffiti;
(viii) Starting a fire in an undesignated area.
(c) Unreasonably Disruptive Behavior. Any behavior that, in consideration of the nature, scope, use and purpose of the city property in question, unreasonably interferes with others’ use and enjoyment of city property, including, but not limited to:
(i) Use of unreasonably hostile or aggressive language or gestures; or
(ii) Unreasonably loud vocal expression or unreasonably boisterous physical behavior; or
(iii) Using electronic or other communication devices in a manner that is unreasonably disruptive to others; or
(iv) Unreasonably interfering with the free passage of staff or patrons in or on city property; or
(v) Behavior that is unreasonably inconsistent with the normal use for which the city property was designed and intended to be used (e.g., engaging in loud conversation in a library setting);
(vi) Violation of the posted rules of the city property in question.
(2) Exception. Any constitutionally protected action or speech is excluded from the prohibited conduct described in this section. (Ord. 1516 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023).