It shall be unlawful for any person within the city, engaged in soliciting custom for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind, by way of promoting his or her business, to stop or detain any person upon any street, sidewalk, alley, or in any public place in the city, or in any manner to harass, disturb, interfere with, or importune any person, or to take hold of any person or any article belonging to or in possession of a person, and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to penalties as provided in § 111.99; and it shall be the duty of the police officers of the city to arrest without warrant anyone violating any provisions of this section.
(Ord. 65, passed 5-5-1952) Penalty, see § 111.99