City of Baltimore
Baltimore City Code

§ 25-3. Bus and railroad stations.

(a) "Loitering" defined.

"Loitering":

(1) shall mean remaining idle in essentially 1 location;

(2) shall include the concept of spending time idly, to be dilatory, to linger, to stay, to saunter, to delay, to stand around; and

(3) shall also include the colloquial expression "hanging around".

(b) Prohibited conduct.

It shall be unlawful for any person who is without a business purpose for being there to loiter in any bus station or railroad station in such manner as to interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of the station by passengers and to refuse to leave the premises when requested to do so by a special officer employed by the owner of the terminal.

(c) Penalties.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.