Chapter 9.50
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE
Sections:
9.50.010 Definitions.
A. “Aggressively beg” means to beg in such a manner to cause another person to be/feel intimidated into giving money or goods.
B. “Beg” means to ask for money or goods or ask for whether by words, bodily gestures, signs, or other means.
C. “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. This does not include acts authorized as an exercise of one’s constitutional right to picket or to legally protest.
D. “Public place” is 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. 992 NS § 2, 1988).
9.50.020 Guilt defined.
A person is guilty of pedestrian interference if, in a public place, he or she:
A. Obstructs pedestrian or vehicular traffic; or
B. Aggressively begs. (Ord. 992 NS § 3, 1988).
9.50.030 Violation – Penalty.
Pedestrian interference may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in jail for a term not to exceed 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 992 NS § 4, 1988).