539.08 INTERFERENCE WITH OR IMPROPER SOLICITATION OF PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
   (a)   No person shall recklessly interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic in a public place.
   (b)   “Interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic” as used in this section means to do any of the following:
      (1)   Walk, stand, sit, lie, or grab, touch or approach another person, in a public place, so as to block, interfere with, or impede the passage of any person or any vehicle, or to cause any person or any driver of any vehicle to alter his or her intended direction of travel; or
      (2)   Make a request, solicitation or demand for money or other thing of value, in manner which would alarm, intimidate, threaten, menace, harass, or coerce a reasonable person; or
      (3)   Force oneself upon the company of another by continuing to communicate a request, solicitation or demand for money or other thing of value, to another person after the person gives notice or demonstrates by word or action that such communication is offensive, unwelcome or should cease.
   (c)   “Public place” as used in this section includes streets, sidewalks, parks, plazas, parking lots, driveways, public or private buildings open to the public, and doorways and entrances to any buildings or dwellings.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 17-2002. Passed 8-5-02.)