The following words or phrases as used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings:
A. "Aggressive solicitation" means to do one or more of the following while engaging in solicitation or immediately thereafter:
1. Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during, or after soliciting, asking, or begging, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to:
a. Fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property; or
b. Otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value;
2. Blocking or impeding the passage of the person solicited;
3. Following the person solicited by proceeding behind, ahead or alongside of him or her after the person solicited declines to make a donation;
4. Threatening the person solicited with physical harm by word or gesture;
5. Using profane, offensive, or abusive language, which is inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction before, during, or after solicitation;
6. Touching the solicited person without the solicited person's consent.
B. "Donation" means a gift of money or other item of value and shall also include the purchase of an item for an amount far exceeding its value under circumstances where a reasonable person would understand that the purchase is in substance a gift.
C. "Person" means and includes both individual persons and organizations.
D. "Public Place" shall mean 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, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, playground, and any doorway, entrance, hallway, lobby, and other portion of any business establishment open to the public.
E. "Solicitation" means any request made in person seeking an immediate donation of money or other item of value. A person shall not be deemed to be in the act of solicitation when he or she passively displays a sign or gives any other indication that he or she is seeking donations without addressing his or her solicitation to any specific person, other than in response to an inquiry by that person.
(Ord. 2009-08 § 1 (part), 2009)