(A) Definitions:
(1) GANG or STREET GANG. Any combination, confederation, alliance, or understanding in law or in fact, that through its members or through the agency of any member and at the direction, order or request of any member who is a leader or other authority, engages in a course or pattern of criminal activity.
(2) COURSE OR PATTERN OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. Two or more gang-related criminal offenses when:
(a) One or more of the offenses was committed after the effective date of this Ordinance; and
(b) The offenses were committed within five years of each other; and
(c) At least one offense involved the solicitation to commit, conspiracy to commit, or commission of any offense defined as a felony or forcible felony under the Illinois Criminal Code.
(3) GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES. Those activities which are conducted with the intent to increase the gang's size or dominance, or with the intent to provide the gang with an advantage in the criminal market sector, or with the intent to obstruct justice, or with the intent to otherwise directly or indirectly cause any benefit or gain to or for the gang.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle whether alone and/or in consort with others in a public place with the purpose of recruiting others for membership in a street gang or for participation in gang-related activities.
(C) The penalty for violation of this section hereinabove shall be a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500.
(Ord. 767, passed 7-19-93)