As used in this Chapter, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is apparent from the context or is specified elsewhere in this Chapter:
(a) "After dark" means any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
(b) "Aggressive manner" means any of the following:
(1) Conduct intended or likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property, or otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value;
(2) Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or an occupied vehicle without that person's consent;
(3) Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means, including unreasonably causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact;
(4) Using violent or threatening gestures toward a person; or
(5) Persisting in closely following or approaching a person, after the person has informed a solicitor that such person does not want to be solicited or does not want to give money or any other thing of value to the solicitor.
(c) "Automated teller machine" or "ATM" means any electronic information processing device that accepts or dispenses cash in connection with a credit, deposit, or convenience account.
(d) "Automated teller machine facility" means the area comprised of one or more automated teller machines, and any adjacent space that is made available to banking customers after regular banking hours.
(e) "Bank" means any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operated under the laws of the United States, and any bank the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(f) "Check cashing business" means any person duly licensed as a check seller, bill payer, or prorater pursuant to California Financial Code Section 12000 et seq., as may be amended.
(g) "Credit union" means any federal credit union and any state-chartered credit union the accounts of which are insured by the Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration.
(h) "Donation" shall mean a gift of money or other item of value.
(i) "Financial institution" includes a bank, savings and loan association, credit unions and check cashing business.
(j) "Linger on a median" means remaining in a median longer than two traffic signals cycles, except in an emergency or except where the median is specifically designated for pedestrians or equestrians.
(k) "Loiter on a median" means standing or lingering in a median for any purpose other than to safely and lawfully cross the street, except in an emergency or except where the median is specifically designated for pedestrians or equestrians.
(l) "Median" shall mean a paved or planted area of public right-of-way that divides a street or highway according to the direction of travel.
(m) "Motor vehicle" means any propelled vehicle or vehicle drawn by a power other than muscular power, other than a motorized wheelchair.
(n) "Public place" means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, without limitation, any street, highway, sidewalk, median, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, playground and any doorway, entrance, hallway, lobby and other portion of any business establishment, an apartment house or hotel not constituting a room or apartment designed for actual residence.
(o) "Public transportation vehicle" means any vehicle, including a trailer bus, or train, designed, used or maintained for carrying ten or more persons, including the driver; or a passenger vehicle designed for carrying fewer than ten persons, including the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire.
(p) "Savings and loan association" means any federal savings and loan association and any "insured institution" as defined in Section 401 of the National Housing Act, as amended, and any federal credit union as defined in Section 1752 of the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended.
(q) "Solicit" shall mean to ask, beg, request or panhandle using spoken, written, or printed word, or 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.
(r) "Solicitor" means one who solicits as defined in this section.
(Ord. 211, passed 10-6-2021)