2015/10/21 Council Agenda Packet

A. Begs in a manner that hinders or obstructs the free passage of any person in a public place; or B. By physical action while in the act of begging, intentionally causes or attempts to cause another person reasonably to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon their person, or upon property in their immediate possession; or C. Begs in any public or private parking lot after sunset'and before sunrise, or within 50 feet of anv entrance to a bank or within 50 feet of any ATM or an automated pay point such as at a gas pump at a service station, or within 50 feet of individuals standing in line or waiting to get into any movie theater, sports venue or other facility for any performance or event of any kind or within 50 feet of a bus stop, or asks for a donation a second time after once asking and receiving a negative response. Section 2. The Everett Police Department shall work to educate business owners about of their authority to regulate conduct in their parking lots for the safety of their customers by making more effective use of trespass laws and working with the police department to more effectively enforce those laws. Section 3. The City shall develop a public education and outreach campaign emphasizing alternatives to making direct donations to panhandlers, including the provision of signage to business owners discouraging direct donations and providing information on how to donate to a dedicated fund to be used for services for individuals experiencing poverty. Section 4. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener's errors, clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section and subsection numbers, and any references thereto. Section 5. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination here from of any such portion as may be declared invalid. Section 6. General Duty - It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otheRvise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Ordinance. it is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this Ordinance is intended to Impose any duty whatsoever upon 'tile City or arty of its oiilCers or employees. Nothing Contained in c �nj! ilai�l�lij/ Cll �l'� � CI U,c r-,