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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six - Conduct, Article I - Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 602 - Solicitation, by repealing the current language in its entirety and replacing the Chapter with new language as it relates to panhandling.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. That the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six - Conduct, Article I - Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 602 Solicitation, is hereby repealed in its entirety as currently written, and replaced with a new Chapter 602, as follows:
[§ 602.01 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
The Council of the City does hereby find that:
(a) There is a need to prohibit certain forms of panhandling in order to address the problem of urban security and civility, protect the public, and to lead people away from a life on the streets.
(b) People should have an opportunity to passively seek charity and therefore only the more aggressive methods of panhandling should be prohibited, allowing people to passively solicit.
(c) This Chapter lists specific actions that are prohibited when they occur in the context of begging, while allowing beggars to say anything they please on the streets.
(d) There is a need to protect the public from intimidation and imminent danger.
§ 602.02 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) TO SOLICIT MONEY. Includes, without limitation, the spoken, written, or printed word or such other acts or bodily gestures as are conducted in furtherance of the purpose of obtaining money or other things of value.
(b) AGGRESSIVE MANNER.
(1) Intentionally or recklessly making any physical contact with or touching another person in the course of the solicitation.
(2) Following the person being solicited, if that conduct is:
(A) Intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily har...
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