AGGRESSIVE MANNER.
(1) Any approach to another person, speaking to, or following a person or people in a manner as would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon the person, or upon property in the person's immediate possession;
(2) Touching another without such person's consent in the course of soliciting;
(3) Continuing to solicit from a person after such person has made a negative response or otherwise indicated a desire not to contribute;
(4) Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of the person solicited by any means, including causing such person to take evasive action or avoid physical contact or preventing such person from departing the location of the solicitation;
(5) Intentionally following the person solicited, without such person's consent, for the purpose of continuing to solicit after such person has made a negative response or indicated a desire not to contribute;
(6) Making any statement, gesture, or other communication which a reasonable person in the situation of the person solicited would perceive to be a threat of bodily harm;
(7) Rendering any service to a motor vehicle, including but not limited to cleaning, washing, protecting, guarding, or repairing of said vehicle or any portion thereof, without the prior consent of the owner, operator or occupant of such vehicle, and thereafter soliciting payment for the performance of such service, regardless of whether such vehicle is stopped, standing or parked on a public street or upon other public or private property;
(8) Intentionally blocking, preventing, impeding or interfering with the free and unobstructed ability of the person solicited to enter into or emerge from any vehicle during the course of soliciting, or following a negative response by the person solicited to any such solicitation;
(9) Intentionally blocking, preventing, impeding or interfering with the operation or movement of any vehicle operated or occupied by the person solicited, during the course of soliciting, or following a negative response by the person solicited to any such solicitation; or
(10) Using profane, offensive or abusive language which is inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction, either before, during, or after solicitation.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. Any real property held, owned, or controlled by private interests and which is zoned by the city for any form of business enterprise, including but not limited to, retail office, commercial, industrial or recreation purpose.
COMMUNAL AREAS. Any area set aside by the owner in which the public may engage in such matters as discourse, recreation, or entertainment separate and apart from commercial patronage occurring at business establishments. Examples of communal areas include seating areas, plazas, or large walking areas. Restaurant seating restricted to particular patronage does not constitute a communal area.
CONTRIBUTION. The giving of anything of value, including money, property, or any type of financial assistance, or the pledging of anything of value, including money, property, or other type of financial assistance, or the purchasing or offering to purchase anything of value, including, but not limited to goods, services, books, real property, pamphlets, tickets, or subscriptions to publications.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, any street, highway, sidewalk, public parking lot, plaza, school, place of amusement, park, library, playground, entrances, hallway, lobby, and other portion of any business establishment.
SOLICITATION, PANHANDLING OR PEDDLING. Includes but is not limited to asking or begging by means of the spoken, written, or printed word or such other act, conducted for the purposes of obtaining an immediate donation or contribution of money or thing of value, signature, or endorsement whether for personal use or as a charitable contribution to any individual or organization, or any other purpose.
(Ord. 1062, passed 11-13-14)