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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Loitering - Requests to Move On
FOR the purpose of specifying the distance a person found loitering must move when requested to move on by a police officer or certain others; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; and generally relating to the enforcement of the laws governing loitering.
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BY repealing and reordaining
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 25-1(b), 25-2(a), 25-3(b), 25-4(a), 26-6, 27-3
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 19. Police Ordinances
Subtitle 25. Loitering – General
§ 251. Public places.
(b) Prohibited loitering.
(1) It [shall be] IS unlawful for any person to loiter at, on, or in a public place or place open to the public in such manner:
(i) to interfere with, impede, or hinder the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
(ii) to interfere with, obstruct, harass, curse, or threaten or to do physical harm to another member or members of the public; or
(iii) that by words, acts, or other conduct, it is clear that there is a reasonable likelihood a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct shall result.
(2) (I) It [shall be] IS unlaw...
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