City of Baltimore - File #: 13-0186

• File #: 13-0186
• Version: 0
• Name: Soliciting - Prohibited Places
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 1/28/2013
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/17/2014
• Title: Soliciting - Prohibited Places FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from soliciting while the person is occupying or standing in or on any roadway, lane divider, or shoulder; defining certain terms; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the regulation of soliciting and aggressive soliciting.
• Sponsors: Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch, James B. Kraft, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Prohibition, Solicitation

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/17/2014	0	City Council	Withdrawn
11/18/2013	0	City Council	Re-referred to Committee
11/4/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
11/4/2013	0	City Council	Held for 1 meeting
10/21/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/7/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/8/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/18/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/4/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/31/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/28/2013	0	City Council	Introduced
1/28/2013	0	City Council	Assigned

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

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INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Spector

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Soliciting - Prohibited Places

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from soliciting while the person is occupying or standing in or on any roadway, lane divider, or shoulder; defining certain terms; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the regulation of soliciting and aggressive soliciting.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 47-1 and 47-4
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 47. Soliciting and Aggressive Soliciting

§ 471. Definitions.

(a) Aggressive soliciting.

“Aggressive soliciting” means soliciting which is accompanied by 1 or more of the following:

(1) approaching, speaking to, or following a person in such a manner as would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon the person or upon property in the person’s immediate possession;

(2) in the course of soliciting, touching another person without that person’s consent;



(3) continuously soliciting from a person or following the person after the person has made...