(a) No person, while operating a vehicle, or while a passenger in or on a vehicle, shall solicit another to engage such other person in sexual activity for hire.
(b) No person, while operating a vehicle or while a passenger in or on a vehicle, shall stop, attempt to stop, beckon to, attempt to beckon to, or entice any person to approach or enter the vehicle with intent to entice the other person to engage in sexual activity for hire contrary to Section 619.09 of the Codified Ordinances.
(c) No person, while operating a vehicle, or while a passenger in or on a vehicle, shall knowingly obtain, possess, or use a controlled substance contrary to Section 607.03.
(d) No person, while operating a vehicle or while a passenger in or on a vehicle, shall stop, attempt to stop, beckon to, attempt to beckon to, or entice any person to approach or enter the vehicle with intent to entice the other person to engage in any drug abuse offense contrary to Chapter 607 of the Codified Ordinances.
(e) Any vehicle that has been used on two (2) occasions in the commission of one (1) or any combination of the offenses defined in divisions (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section, for which convictions have been entered in the court’s journal, without regard to the ownership of the property and without regard to whether the same person(s) were convicted of both offenses, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and its contents, if any, are also hereby declared to be a nuisance. Any vehicle that constitutes a nuisance under this division and its contents may be abated as provided in Section 619.25.
(f) Whoever violates divisions (a), (b), (c ) or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. The sentencing court shall sentence the offender to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than three (3) days on the first offense, not less than ten (10) days on the second offense, and not less than thirty (30) days on the third or any subsequent offense, and may sentence the offender to a longer term of imprisonment. In addition, the sentencing court may impose a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(Ord. No. 164-A-2000. Passed 6-19-00, eff. 6-29-00)