Chapter 10.37
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE

Sections:

10.37.010    Definitions.

10.37.020    Pedestrian interference prohibited.

10.37.030    Penalty.

10.37.010 Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply:

A.     “Aggressively begs” means to beg with the intent to intimidate another person into giving money or goods.

B.     “Beg” means to ask for money or goods as a charity, whether by words, bodily gestures, signs or other means.

C.    “Intimidate” means to engage in conduct which would make a reasonable person fearful or feel compelled.

D.    “Obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic” means to walk, stand, sit, lie, or place an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a vehicle, or to require another person or a driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact. Acts authorized as an exercise of one’s constitutional right to picket or to legally protest, and acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 14.28 CMC in reference to parades, shall not constitute obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

E.    “Public place” means an area generally visible to public view and includes alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, plazas, sidewalks, and streets open to the general public including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them. (Ord. 2244 § 1 (part), 2010).

10.37.020 Pedestrian interference prohibited.

A person is guilty of pedestrian interference if, in a public place, he or she intentionally:

A.    Obstructs pedestrian or vehicular traffic; or

B.    Aggressively begs. (Ord. 2244 § 1 (part), 2010).

10.37.030 Penalty.

Pedestrian interference is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 2244 § 1 (part), 2010).