Loading...
(a) Except as authorized herein and subject to the provisions of S.C. Code, Title 6, Ch. 29, as amended, no person shall stand on a highway or street for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle.
(b) Any rescue squad, volunteer fire department, or charitable or eleemosynary organization may solicit funds on highways and streets so long as such organization has obtained a permit as provided in subsection (c) below and such organization retains the permit within its possession at the site of the solicitation.
(c) The Greenville County sheriff’s office shall issue a permit to organizations described in subsection (b) above; provided the sheriff’s office may, as a condition of such permit, impose such reasonable limits upon the solicitation as it determines are necessary to protect the health and safety of motorists, pedestrians, and those soliciting for an organization and to ensure that solicitation does not unreasonably impede the flow of traffic. No organization may be issued more than 2 permits per calendar year. Under no circumstances may a permit be issued for a period in excess of 1 day or allow an organization to solicit for more than hours per day. Solicitations may occur only between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(d) The sheriff’s office shall charge a reasonable fee, which shall initially be set at $50, for the administrative costs related to issuing permits hereunder.
(e) Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or agent, who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished within the jurisdictional limits of the magistrate’s court. Each such person, firm, corporation or agent shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of the section is committed or continued.
(1976 Code, § 15-7) (Ord. 3084, §§ 1-5, passed 3-17-1998; Ord. 3476, § 1, passed 6-5-2001)
All deceased persons qualifying for pauper burials eligible for funding by Greenville County, as determined by the coroner’s office, shall be cremated. Said cremation shall be conducted only with the approval of the coroner and medical examiner of Greenville County pursuant to state law. Cremation shall only be conducted when positive identification of the deceased has been made. The cremated remains of any deceased pauper shall be turned over to the appropriate family members, if any, which request the remains and who are legally entitled thereto. The cremated remains of a deceased pauper, who has no ascertainable family or whose family does not wish to receive the remains, shall be humanely disposed of pursuant to the provisions of state law.
(1976 Code, § 15-8) (Ord. 3377, § 2, passed 8-1-2000)
(a) Definitions. Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in this section shall carry their customary meanings.
(1) Known prostitute or panderer means any person who, within 1 year prior to the date of arrest for a violation of this section has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted of violating any law defining and punishing acts of soliciting, committing, or offering or agreeing to commit prostitution.
(2) Known unlawful drug user, possessor or seller means any person who has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted in any court within the State of South Carolina of any violation involving the use, possession or sale of any of the substances referred to in S.C. Code, §§ 44-53-110 et seq.; or who has been convicted of any violation of any of the provisions of that law or substantially similar laws of the County of Greenville; or a person who displays physical characteristics of drug intoxication or usage including, but not limited to, dilated pupils, glassy eyes, slurred speech, loss of coordination or motor skills, or a person who possesses drug paraphernalia as defined in S.C. Code, § 44-53-110.
(3) Loiter means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.
(4) Lookout means one who uses signals or language to warn others that law enforcement officers are in the area.
(5) Other illegal sexual activity means sexual activity prohibited by the common law or statutes of the State of South Carolina other than prostitution.
(6) Prostitution means an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy between 2 persons, not married to each other, in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration by 1 of them, or for favors.
(7) Public Place means an area open to the public or exposed to public view and includes streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots, motor vehicles, whether moving or not, and buildings open to the general public, including those which serve food or drink, or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.
(b) Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter in any public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution or other illegal sexual activity. It shall also be unlawful for any person to loiter in any public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose and with the intent to engage in illegal drug-related activity.
(1) Among the circumstances that may be considered in determining whether a person manifests the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution or other illegal sexual activity are that the person:
(a) Is a known prostitute or panderer.
(b) Repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop passersby, or engages passersby in conversation.
(c) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing them or gesturing to them.
(2) Among the circumstances that may be considered in determining whether a person has the requisite intent to engage in illegal drug-related activity are that the person:
(a) Is a known unlawful drug user, possessor or seller.
(b) Has been given due notice, either verbal or written, on any occasion prior to any arrest, within 1 block of the area where the arrest occurred, or such person is currently subject to an Order or term of probation prohibiting his presence in a high drug activity geographic area.
(c) Behaves in such a manner as to raise a reasonable suspicion that such person is engaging or about to engage in an unlawful drug-related activity, either sale, possession or purchase, including, by way of example only, such person acting as a lookout.
(d) Is physically identified by the law enforcement officer as a member of a gang or association that has as its principal purpose illegal drug activity.
(e) Transfers small objects or packages for currency or any other thing of value in a furtive fashion that would lead the law enforcement officer to believe or ascertain that a drug sale has or is about to occur.
(f) Takes flight upon the appearance of a law enforcement officer.
(g) Tries to conceal himself or herself or any object that reasonably could be involved in an unlawful drug-related activity.
(h) Uses a vehicle that is registered to a person who is a known unlawful drug user, possessor or seller or is registered to a person for whom there is an outstanding arrest warrant for a crime involving illegal drug-related activity.
(3) The list of circumstances set forth in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this Section are not exclusive. The circumstances set forth in subdivisions (1) and (2) should be considered particularly salient if they occur in an area that is known for prostitution, other illegal sexual activity, and/or unlawful drug-related activity, or if they occur on or in premises that have been reported to law enforcement as a place suspected of prostitution, other illegal sexual activity, and/or unlawful drug-related activity. Any other relevant circumstances may be considered in determining whether a person has the requisite intent. Moreover, no 1 circumstance or combination of circumstances is in itself determinative of intent. Intent must be determined based on an evaluation of the particular circumstances of each case.
(c) Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished within the jurisdictional limits of magistrate’s court.
(Ord. 3686, passed 5-6-2003)
(a) Purpose. The purpose of the section is to make it unlawful and to provide a penalty for interfering with any county law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duty.
(b) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person within the unincorporated area of county to commit an assault, battery or by any act, physical or verbal, resist, hinder, impede or interfere with any law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duty, or to aid or abet any such act.
(c) Penalty.
(1) A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished within the jurisdictional limits of magistrate's court.
(2) Each day or portion thereof during which any violation of the provisions of this section is committed or continued shall constitute a separate offense.
(d) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to constitutionally protected conduct such as the peaceful questioning or protesting of government action.
(e) Severability. If any section, subsection, or clause of this section shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby.
(f) Effective date. This section shall take effect upon the date of its adoption.
(Ord. 4053, passed 10-17-2006)
(a) Definition. A donation receptacle means any unattended container, box, or similar device that is used for soliciting and collecting donations, including but not limited to, clothing, footwear, books, and other salvageable household goods.
(b) Prohibition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unattended donation receptacles located outdoors are prohibited unless located at an operational site of a company or organization that owns and maintains the receptacles. The following information must be clearly and conspicuously displayed on the exterior of the receptacle:
The name and address of the property owner who owns the receptacle, and the name of any entity which may share, profit, or benefit from any donations collected via the receptacle.
(c) Penalties. A violation of this section is a civil infraction and shall subject the offender to a civil penalty of not more than $200 per day. Each separate day of a violation constitutes a new and separate violation. In addition, Greenville County may post a violation notice on any donation receptacle not in compliance with the provisions of this section. The County may remove and destroy a donation receptacle not in compliance with the provisions of this section, 15 days after the notice of violation has been posted on the receptacle.
(d) Severability. Severability is intended throughout and within the provisions of this section. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section.
(e) Effective date. This section shall become effective 30 days after the date of its adoption.
(Ord. 4626, §§ 1-5, passed 6-3-2014)
Loading...