It is unlawful to be a vagrant in the limits of the city. For the purposes of this section, a
VAGRANT means any person who loiters or remains in or wanders about, a public or private place for any of the following purposes:
(A) For the purpose of gambling with cards, dice, or other gambling paraphernalia;
(B) For the purpose of engaging in prostitution or soliciting prostitution or soliciting for an act of lewdness;
(C) For the purpose of engaging in theft, or breaking and entering any building, property, or automobile of another;
(D) For the purpose of injuring, destroying, molesting, or defacing any property of another;
(E) For the purpose of assaulting any person;
(F) For the purpose of begging or soliciting alms, provided that this section shall not apply to persons soliciting alms for bona fide religious, charitable, or eleemosynary organizations with the authorization of such organizations;
(G) For the purpose of selling, purchasing, trading, or otherwise exchanging, procuring, or making available illegal drugs or contraband; or
(H) For the purpose of communicating with persons confined in the county jail.
(Prior Code, § 10-412) Penalty, see § 133.99