Code of Conduct

WELCOME. In order to help ensure a pleasant shopping environment, we ask all visitors to refrain from the following:

1. Engaging in any act, activity, or behavior which by its nature is illegal and/or in violation of any statute, law, rule or ordinance.
2. Using obscene language, obscene gestures, or racial, religious or ethnic slurs.
3. Using sexually explicit language, making gestures or engaging in conduct of a sexual nature.
4. Displaying or wearing any item which depicts sexually explicit activity, illegal activity or obscene or offensive language, wearing clothing or lack of clothing that is likely to create a disturbance or embroil others in open conflict or that offends community standards of decency, or that impinges on the sensitivity of others in the mall.
5. Annoying others through noisy or boisterous activities, unnecessary staring or following someone through the mall and parking lot.
6. Yelling, screaming, singing, playing musical instruments, radios or other sound generating equipment or otherwise communicating in a manner which creates noises of sufficient volume to impinge on the hearing or peace of others.
7. Violence, threats of violence, fighting, physical abuse or physically or verbally threatening any person, or hostility of any kind.
8. Gang activity, including wearing of apparel intended to indicate gang membership or to communicate gang behavior. This includes the use of gang symbols or slogans.
9. Standing or stopping on stairs or in such a manner as to impede the free flow of pedestrian traffic. Improper use of escalators, elevators or stairs.
10. Running, wrestling, horseplay, skating, skateboarding, rollerblading; or otherwise being disruptive or creating a disturbance, obstructing or interfering with the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or with patron’s view of doorways, windows, and/or other merchant or mall displays. Bicycles and Segways may not be used indoors and must be used in accordance with bicycle and vehicle safety rules while on mall property.
11. Assembling, demonstrating, parading, picketing, marching, walking abreast in groups and/or loitering for the purpose of disturbing the peace, or which results in disturbing the shopping enjoyment of customers, or disrupting the intended business of the mall.
12. Sitting anywhere or on anything other than chairs or benches designed for such purposes located in designated areas of the mall or any improper use of mall amenities.
13. Creating litter by discarding paper, glass or other matter of any kind, anywhere except in a trash receptacle.
14. Defacing, damaging, destroying or removing any real or personal property constituting part of or located in or on mall property.
15. Being intoxicated and/or possessing or being under the influence of illegal drugs.
16. Possessing any open container of alcohol or consuming alcohol anywhere except in businesses licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
17. Selling or providing alcohol or tobacco products to underage persons or purchasing alcohol or tobacco products by underage persons.
18. Carrying or displaying weapons of any kinds except those carried by certified law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.
19. Failure to wear shoes and a shirt.
20. Any form of solicitation, sales of products or services, or distributing handbills, leaflets, commercial advertising or promotional material of any kind or offering samples of items, which are sold, available for sale or available in exchange for a donation or contribution without prior written permission of mall management.
21. Overnight parking, parking in non-designated parking areas, parking in fire lanes or other no parking area, erratic or careless driving, exceeding the posted speed limit, or use of a vehicle in a manner inconsistent with shopping center traffic markings or signage. Parking violators may be subject to towing at the vehicle owner’s expense.
22. Bringing animals on mall property with the exception of animals trained to assist physically challenged patrons, those animals going to or from pet stores or photography studios or involved in center sponsored events.

This list is not all inclusive and may be modified at any time by the management of this mall.

This mall is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is permitted only in designated areas outdoors.

Violation of this code of conduct may result in expulsion from this property in addition to any other legal remedies that mall management may choose to exercise.

The Laurel Mall, including its parking lots, is private property and no rights shall accrue to the public by virtue of the public’s entry into this mall or on mall property. This “Behavioral Code of Conduct” has been set forth to protect the Center’s legitimate business interest. Any violation of this Code of Conduct interferes with the commercial nature of the Center and is strictly prohibited. This Code of Conduct is not intended to deprive any person of their applicable civil rights or liberties under the law. If you feel your rights are being violated, please notify the mall management office.