533.20 LOITERING.
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Loiter or remain in a public place for the purpose of engaging, or soliciting another person to engage in sexual activity for hire. The circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such purpose is manifested are that such person is a known prostitute or panderer, repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop, or engages passersby in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or any other bodily gestures.
(2) Loiter or remain in or about the area of a school, college or university, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or student, or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant the same.
(b) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Known prostitute or panderer" means a person who, within a year previous to the date of arrest for a violation of this section has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer been convicted of violating any ordinance of the City or statute of the State defining and punishing acts of soliciting, committing, or offering or agreeing to commit prostitution.
(2) "Loitering" means remaining idle in essentially one place and shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly.
(3) "Public place" means an area, either publicly owned or to which the public has access, where offenses relating to sexual conduct are known to have been committed.
(4) "Sexual activity" means sexual conduct or sexual contact, or both, as defined in Section 533.01.
(c) Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of loitering, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) Forfeiture of property is specifically authorized herein pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2981 et seq. or pursuant to the Codified Ordinances of the City of Youngstown.
(Ord. 09-230. Passed 10-7-09.)