As used in this Chapter:
(a) "Aggressively beg" means to beg with the intent to intimidate another person into giving money, goods, or other property of value.
(b) "Automated teller machine" means a device linked to a financial institution's account records, which is able to carry out transactions, including but not limited to, account transfers, deposits, withdrawals, balance inquiries, and mortgage and loan payments.
(c) "Automated teller machine facility" means the area comprised of one or more automated teller machines and any adjacent space which is made available to banking customers after regular banking hours.
(d) "Beg" means to ask for money, goods, or other property of value as a charity, whether by words, bodily gestures, signs or other means.
(e) "Bus stop area" means within any shelter or area provided for public use by the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), the Groveport Madison School District, the Hamilton Township Local School District, or any other entity, and any area within ten feet of the outer walls of that shelter, or, where no shelter has been erected, the area within a twenty foot radius of the sign indicating a bus stop.
(f) "Drive thru window" means the area on a structure which is properly designed and constructed where customers of the establishment may conduct business from their motor vehicles.
(g) "Intimidate" means to engage in conduct which would make a reasonable person fearful or feel compelled.
(h) "Obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic" means to walk, stand, sit, lie, or place an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a vehicle, or to require another person or vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact. Acts authorized as an exercise of one's constitutional right to protest, and acts authorized under Chapter 709 of the Obetz Codified Ordinances - Peddlers, the Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers, shall not constitute obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(i) "Public place" means an area generally visible to public view and includes alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, recreational areas and playgrounds, public libraries, plazas, sidewalks and streets open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds surrounding them.
(j) "Public transport" means any commercial vehicle providing transportation on a regular route to consumers for a standard fare.
(k) "Sidewalk cafe or patio" means an outdoor area that is designated for sidewalks or patio dining.
(l) "Solicit" and "solicitation" means to ask in person and by words for an immediate grant of money, goods, or other property of value as a charity from another person(s) when the person making the request is not known to the person(s) who are the subject of the request. The term "solicitor" and "solicitation" shall not mean the act of passively standing or sitting with a sign or other indicator that a donation of money, goods, or any other property of value is being sought without any vocal request other than a response to any inquiry by another person. (Ord. 89-15. Passed 1-25-16.)