Title
An Ordinance to Amend Section 9:70 of Chapter 108, Disorderly Conduct, of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Ordinance No. ORD-11-06)
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-11-06
First Reading : April 4, 2011 Approved: April 19, 2011
Public Hearing : April 19, 2011 Published: April 28, 2011
Effective: May 8, 2011
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
An Ordinance to Amend Section 9:70 of Chapter 108, Disorderly Conduct, of Title IX, of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor
The City of Ann Arbor Ordains:
Section 1. That Section 9:70 of Chapter 108 of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor be amended to read as follows:
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Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 79 and 81 of this Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to solicit the immediate payment of money or goods from another person, whether or not in exchange for goods, services, or other consideration, under any of the following circumstances:
1. On private property, except as otherwise permitted by Chapters 79 and 81, unless the solicitor has permission from the owner or occupant;
2. On any public transportation vehicle or public transportation facility;
3. In any public parking structure and within 12 feet of any entrance or exit to any public parking structure;
4. In any public alley and within 12 feet of any entrance or exit to any public alley, as that term is defined in Title I, Chapter 1, section 1:8 of the Ann Arbor City Code;
5. From a person who is in any vehicle on the street;
6. By obstructing the free passage of pedestrian or vehicle traffic;
7. Within 12 feet of a bank or automated teller machine;
8. By moving to within 2 feet of the person solicited, unless that person has indicated that he/she wishes to be solicited;
9. By following and continuing to solicit a person who walks away from the solicitor;
10. By knowingly making a false or misleading representation in the course of a solicitation;
11. In a manner that appears likely to cause a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities to feel intimidated, threatened or harassed;
12. Within 12 feet of the entrance to or exit from the Nickels Arcade, located between State Street and Maynard Street; the Galleria, located between S. University and the Forest Street parking structure; the Pratt Building, located between Main Street and the Ashley parking lot; the Ann Arbor District Library, located at the corner of 5th Avenue and William Street or
13. From a person who is a patron at any outdoor cafe or restaurant.
Section 2: In the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall hold any provision of this Ordinance invalid or unenforceable, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision thereof.
Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect ten days after passage and publication.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the Council of the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, adopted the foregoing ordinance at its regular session of April 19, 2011.
Date
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
John Hieftje, Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance received legal publication in the Washtenaw County Legal News on April 28, 2011.
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Sponsored by: Councilmember Briere