[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Rocky
Hill 4-29-2009 by Ord. No. 249-09. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
To sit, stand, lie, pace or otherwise remaining essentially
the same place, and shall include the colloquial expression "hanging
around."
Any area that is used or held out for use by the public,
whether owned or operated by public or private interests.
No person shall loiter in any public place and:
A.
Create or cause to be created a breach of the peace as that term
is defined in the Connecticut General Statutes.
B.
Create or cause to be created a public disturbance as that term is
defined in the Connecticut General Statutes.
C.
Commit disorderly conduct as that term is defined in the Connecticut
General Statutes.
D.
Obstruct free passage as that offense is defined in the Connecticut
General Statutes.
E.
Engage in activities which would warrant a reasonable officer to
believe that the purpose of the behavior is to engage in a violation
of the Connecticut General Statutes regulating dependency-producing
drugs.
F.
Engage in activities which would warrant a reasonable officer to
believe that such person is engaging in prostitution, patronizing
a prostitute, promoting prostitution, or enticing a minor, as those
terms are defined in the Connecticut General Statutes.
A.
Whenever any police officer in the exercise of reasonable judgment
decides that the presence of any person in any place is causing, or
is likely to cause, any of the prohibited acts enumerated in Connecticut
General Statutes Section 192-2, he or she may, if deemed necessary
for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person(s)
to leave that place. Officers shall inform such persons that they
will be issued an infraction if they fail to obey the order promptly
or engage in further loitering.
B.
Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so
by a police officer shall be guilty of violating this chapter and
shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $99.
Generally, the purpose of this section is to preserve the public
order, to protect the citizens of Rocky Hill and to ensure the safe
and uninterrupted passage of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic,
without unconstitutionally impinging upon protected speech, expression
or conduct.
For purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Approaching, speaking to or following a person in 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; or
Touching another person without that person's consent in
the course of asking for alms; or
Continuing to ask, beg, or solicit alms from a person after
the person has made a negative response; or
Following the person solicited before, after or while asking,
begging or soliciting alms; or
Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free
passage of a person or vehicle by any means, including unreasonably
causing a person or driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to
avoid physical contact; or
Directing abusive or profane language toward the person solicited,
either while asking, begging or soliciting alms, or following a refusal
by the person solicited.
Includes the spoken, written, or printed word or such other
act conducted for the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation or
money or thing of value.
Includes, but is not limited to, the asking, begging, or
soliciting of alms, including money and other things of value, through
utilization of any of the following representations:
Stating or expressing that the donation is needed to meet a
specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to
meet that need and does not disclose the fact; or
Stating the fact that the solicitor is from out of town and
stranded, when that is not true; or
Wearing or displaying an indication of physical disability,
when the solicitor does not suffer the disability indicated; or
Use of any makeup or device to simulate deformity.
Anyone who asks, begs, or solicits alms, including money
and other things of value.
A.
No person may ask, beg or solicit alms, including money and other
things of value, in an aggressive manner in any place open to the
general public, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, streets,
alleys, driveways, parking lots, parks, plazas, buildings, doorways
and entrances to buildings, and gasoline service stations and the
grounds enclosing buildings.
B.
No person may ask, beg, or solicit alms, including money and other
things of value, in a false or misleading manner.
C.
No person may ask, beg, or solicit alms in any public transportation
vehicle, or within 25 feet of any bus stop.
D.
No person may ask, beg, or solicit alms from any operator or occupant
of a motor vehicle that is in traffic on a public street.
No provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted or construed
to prohibit speech, expression or conduct protected by the laws or
Constitution of the United States or the laws or Constitution of the
State of Connecticut.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of § 170-6 shall be fined $99 per offense.
