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For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases have been defined to mean:

(a) after dark means any time from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.;

(b) aggressive manner means any of the following:

(1) approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after panhandling, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to

(A) fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, or damage to or loss of property, or

(B) otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value;

(2) intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or an occupied vehicle without that person’s consent in the course of panhandling;

(3) intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any

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means, including unreasonably causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact;

(4) using violent or threatening gestures toward a person solicited either before, during, or after panhandling;

(5) persisting in closely following or approaching a person after the person solicited has been solicited and informed the solicitor by words or conduct that such person does not want to be solicited or does not want to give money or any other thing of value to the solicitor; or

(6) using profane, offensive or abusive language that is inherently likely to provoke an immediate reaction, either before or after solicitation.

(c) panhandling means using the spoken, written, or printed word, or bodily gestures, signs or other means with the purpose of obtaining an immediate exchange of money.

(d) public place means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, any street, highway, government easement, sidewalk, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, playground, and any doorway, entrance, hallway, lobby and other portion of any business establishment, an apartment house or hotel not constituting a room or apartment designed for actual residence.