9.04.340 Aggressive solicitation.
(1) No person shall coerce, threaten, hound, or intimidate another person for the purpose of solicitation on the street or other place that is open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned.
(2) For purposes of this section, “solicitation” shall mean and include any request, offer, enticement, or action which announces the availability for or of employment, goods, money, property or any other thing or action; or any request, offer, enticement or action which seeks to purchase or secure employment, goods, money, property or any thing or action. As defined herein, a solicitation shall be deemed complete when made whether or not an actual employment relationship is created, a transaction is completed, or an exchange takes place.
(3) For purposes of this section “coerce, threaten, hound, or intimidate” shall mean that:
(a) The solicitor’s conduct is such that it would cause a reasonable person in the position of the person solicited to fear for his or her safety; or
(b) The solicitor intentionally blocks the path of the other person solicited; or
(c) The solicitor follows the person solicited and demands money or something of value after the person solicited informs the solicitor by words or conduct that he or she does not want to be the subject of a solicitation. (Ord. 496 § 4. 2002 Code § 3-1.36).