(A) Definition. For the purposes of this section, PUBLIC PLACE means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley, or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, or transportation facility, or the doorways and entranceways to any building which fronts on any of these places, or a motor vehicle in or on any of those places, or any property owned by the city.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person to remain or wander about in a public place for the purpose of engaging in a violation of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, G.S. Ch. 90, Art. 5. Such circumstances include:
(1) Repeatedly beckoning to, stopping, or attempting to stop passers-by in conversation;
(2) Repeatedly stopping or attempting to stop motor vehicles;
(3) Repeatedly interfering with the free passage of other persons;
(4) Such person behaving in such a manner as to raise a reasonable suspicion that he or she is about to engage in or is engaged in an unlawful drug-related activity;
(5) Such person repeatedly passing to or receiving from passers-by, whether on foot or in a vehicle, money or objects;
(6) Such person taking flight upon the approach or appearance of a police officer; or
(7) Such person being at a location frequented by persons who use, possess, or sell drugs.
(Ord. passed 4-5-94; Am. Ord. O-2009-37, passed 12-1-09)