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ORDINANCE.NO. 4895-8
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
PROHIBITING CERTAIN CONDUCT IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE IN SUCH
A MANNER AS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF
INVITING, ENTICING OR SOLICITING ANOTHER TO ENGAGE,
AGREE TO ENGAGE OR OFFER TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION OR
OTHER SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA LAW;
CREATING SECTION 150.15, CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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ordinance serves a proper public purpose and is necessary to the public health,
safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 150.15, Code of Ordinances, is created to read:
Sec. 150.15. Loitering for prostitution or other unlawful sexual
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(a) This section may be referred to as the "loitering for prostitution" .
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ordinance of the City of Clearwater, but nothing herein shall be construed as
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WHEREAS, prostitution and certain other sexual activities as specified in
this ordinance are criminal in nature and endanger the public health, safety and
welfare by facilitating the spread of certain communicable diseases including
but not limited to Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); and
WHEREAS, the practice of engaging in certain conduct as described herein
in a public place in such manner as to demonstrate the specific purpose of
inviting, enticing or soliciting another person to engage, agree to engage, or
offer to engage in prostitution or any of the other sexual activities specified
herein is also contrary to the public health, safety and welfare because of the
tendency of persons engaging in such conduct to congregate in commercial and
A residential neighborhoods of the City with detrimental effects on such
neighborhoods arising from the conduct of such persons and their "customers,"
including the sale and possession of controlled substances and other illicit
activities; and
WHEREAS, municipal ordinances prohibiting such conduct have been upheld
against challenges on constitutional grounds in ten states and the District of
Columbia, including a decision in which the U. S. Supreme Court dismissed the
appeal for want of a substantial federal
question; and
-: WHEREAS, the City Commission finds and declares that the adoption of this
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(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Prostitution" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
796.07(1), Florida Statutes (1987), as the same may be amended from time to time, t.f
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driveway, or parking lot, whether publicly owned or open to public access.
(3) "Sexual activity" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
796.07 (1) , Florida Statutes (1987), as the same may be amended from time to
and shall also include any act of lewdness or assignation as those terms
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(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following
b..:,.: conduct while in a public place with the specific intent to invite, entice or
solicit another person to engage, agree to engage, or offer to engage in klfll?`
prostitution or other sexual activity in violation of Florida Law:
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intent to invite, entice or solicit another person to engage, agree to engage,
or offer to engage in prostitution or other sexual activity in violation of
Florida law.
(f) No police officer shall arrest an individual for a violation of this
section for the mere act of loitering, or soliciting a ride from a motor vehicle
operator, or entering a motor vehicle, or waving at passing motor vehicles.
(g) The prior criminal record of a person shall be admissible to the
extent authorized by Section 90.404(2), Florida Statutes, to prove motive or
intent, but shall not constitute the sole evidence of specific intent under this
section.
(h) "Specific intent," as used in this section, may be inferred from
repeated invitations or suggestions to passersby which a cautious person would
believe constitute invitations or suggestions to engage, agree to engage, or
offer to engage in prostitution or other sexual activity in violation of Florida
law, or from hand gestures by the individual to the breast, groin or buttocks
of the individual or of passersby, or from the intentional exposure to passersby
of a sexual organ in violation of Section 800.03, Florida Statutes. "Specific
intent" shall not be inferred from conduct under circumstances indicating that
an individual is seeking assistance in an emergency situation, or is conducting
an opinion poll or otherwise seeking information from passersby, or is otherwise
engaged in lawful, innocent conduct.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING September 21, 1969
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Attest:
Cy Sa E. Gau eau
Cit . Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
October
Rita Garvey -
Mayor-Commissioner
M. A. Galbraith, Jr.
City Attorney
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