A person shall not do any of the following:
(A) Engage in any act of panhandling on any day after sunset or before sunrise.
(B) Engage in an act of panhandling when either the panhandler or the person being solicited is located at any of the following places:
(1) A bus stop;
(2) In any public transportation vehicle or public transportation facility;
(3) Any outdoor café, eating area or restaurant;
(4) Within 25 feet in any direction from any automatic teller machine or bank entrance;
(5) Within 12 feet of the entrance or exit to any public or private building; or
(6) Upon private property without the consent of the owner.
(C) Engage in any act of panhandling when the person being solicited is the operator or other occupant of a motor vehicle being operated upon a public roadway or is conducted in a manner so as to obstruct or interfere with the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, except as provided by M.C.L.A. § 257.676b.
(D) Engage in any act of panhandling in an aggressive manner, including any of the following:
(1) Touching the solicited person without the solicited person's consent;
(2) Panhandling a person while such person is standing in line and waiting to be admitted to a commercial establishment;
(3) Blocking the path of a person being solicited, or the entrance to any building or vehicle;
(4) Following behind, ahead, or alongside a person who walks away from the panhandler after being solicited;
(5) Making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel threatened or compelled into making a donation;
(6) Panhandling in a group of 2 or more persons;
(7) Conduct which is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear immediate bodily harm to oneself or to another or damage to or loss of property, or which intimidates another person into giving money or other thing of value.
(8) Knowingly making a false or misleading representation in the course of a solicitation;
(9) By moving to within 2 feet of the person solicited, unless that person has indicated that he or she wishes to be solicited.
(Ord. 29.05, passed 11-15-2022)