(A) Banks, Check Cashing Businesses And ATMs:
1. Prohibition: No person shall solicit, ask or beg on public property within fifteen feet (15') of any entrance or exit of any bank or check cashing business during its business hours or within fifteen feet (15') of any automated teller machine when it is available for customer use. When an automated teller machine is located within an automated teller machine facility, such distance shall be measured from the entrance or exit of the automated teller machine facility. No person shall solicit, ask or beg within an automated teller machine facility where a reasonable person would or should know that he or she does not have the permission to do so from the owner or other person lawfully in possession of such facility.
2. Definitions: For the purposes of this subsection (A), the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE FACILITY: An area inside a structure in which one or more automated teller machines are located but excluding an area within any structure the primary purpose or function of which is unrelated to banking activities, including, but not limited to, supermarkets, airports and school buildings.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE OR ATM: Any electronic information processing device which accepts or dispenses cash in connection with a credit, deposit, or convenience account.
BANK: Any member bank of the federal reserve system, and any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operated under the laws of California or the United States whether or not the deposits of such institutions are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation.
CHECK CASHING BUSINESS: Any person licensed as a check seller, bill payer, or prorater pursuant to division 3 of the California Financial Code, commencing with section 12000.
(B) Motor Vehicles: No person shall approach an operator or occupant of a motor vehicle traveling within a public right of way for the purpose of soliciting, asking or begging. A vehicle is "traveling" for this purpose even though stopped at an intersection or otherwise in compliance with traffic control laws and regulations but not if parked legally. This prohibition does not apply to solicitations related to emergency repairs requested by an operator or occupant of a vehicle.
(C) Public Transportation Vehicles: No person may solicit, ask or beg in any publicly owned or operated vehicle, including a bus, designed, used or maintained for carrying ten (10) or more persons, including the driver.
(D) Gas Stations: No person shall solicit, ask or beg within fifteen feet (15') of a fueling pump, air, or water hose at a gas station. For purposes of this subsection, "gas station" means a business that sells at retail gasoline or other vehicle fuel dispensed by a pump. (Ord. 1660, 1-14-2014)