[P&L Code § PL219; amended 8-21-2006 by Ord. No. 1811]
A.
The following words and phrases apply to this section:
PUBLIC PLACE
A place where a governmental entity has title, to which the public has access, including but not limited to any sidewalk, street, highway, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, or playground.
SOLICITING
Asking for money or objects of value, with the intention that the money or object be transferred at that time, and at that place. "Soliciting" shall include using the spoken, written, or printed word, bodily gestures, signs, or other means with the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation of money or other thing of value or soliciting the sale of goods or services.
B.
No person shall solicit in or on private property without first obtaining the permission from the owner or person in lawful control or possession of such property.
C.
No person shall solicit in or on a public place:
(1) While under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance;
(2) In any public transportation vehicle, such as a bus or train, nor within 20 feet of where such a vehicle takes on or releases passengers, nor within 20 feet of any bus stop;
(3) At the intermodal transit center;
(4) In any public parking lot, parking ramp, or public building, including under any open-air structure such as a canopy;
(5) Within 20 feet of a public toilet;
(6) Within 20 feet of any entrance or exit of a bank, credit union, or an automated teller machine (when an automated teller machine is located within a structure, the 20 feet shall be measured from the entrance or exit of the structure);
(7) From an operator or other occupant of a motor vehicle;
(8) By stating that funds are needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor has the funds to meet that need, does not intend to use funds to meet that need, or does not have that need;
(9) As part of a group of two or more persons;
(10) After sunset nor before sunrise;
(11) Within 10 feet of an entrance to a building;
(12) From a child who the solicitor knows or reasonably should know is under the age of 16 years; or
(13) In an aggressive manner, which includes:
(a) Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after soliciting in a manner that is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, or damage to or loss of property or otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value;
(b) Continuing to solicit from a person after the person has given a negative response to such soliciting;
(c) Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person without that person's consent in the course of soliciting;
(d) Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means, including causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact;
(e) Using violent, profane, or threatening gestures or language toward a person solicited, before, during, or after the act of solicitation;
(f) Conspicuously following the person to be solicited or who has been solicited;
(g) Speaking in a volume unreasonably loud under the circumstances; or
(h) Soliciting money from anyone who is waiting in line for entry to a building or for another purpose.
