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CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES
<br />ORDINANCE NO. 10 -,
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, GENERAL OFFENSES OF THE CITY CODE
<br />RELATING TO LOITERING
<br />CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES
<br />COUNTY OF CROW WING
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes ordains the following amendments to: General
<br />Offenses, by adding Article 6, Loitering:
<br />CHAPTER 7 — GENERAL OFFENSES
<br />ARTICLE 6. LOITERING
<br />Section 7 -6.1. DEFINITIONS
<br />For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, and words shall have the meaning
<br />given herein. The word "shall" is mandatory and not merely directory.
<br />1. Premises. For purposes of this section, premises shall include any house, yard, lot,
<br />parcel, sidewalk, boulevard, street, highway, alley, park, playground, restaurant, caf6, church or
<br />other place of worship, school, any car or other motor vehicle, parking lot, boat landing, drive -
<br />in, building used for public, business, commercial, or industrial purposes, washroom, apartment
<br />building and entryways and hallways located therein, or any other location whether public or
<br />private in the City of Pequot Lakes.
<br />2. Loitering Defined. Whoever commits any of the following acts is guilty of loitering:
<br />a. Lingering about the entryway of any public or private premises, or sitting or
<br />lingering upon the sidewalk, steps, windowsills, railing, fence, or parking area adjacent
<br />to any such premises in such a manner so as to obstruct or partially obstruct ingress to
<br />or egress from such building to the annoyance or inconvenience of owners, occupants,
<br />pedestrians, or entrants.
<br />b. Lingering for any length of time upon any public or private premises or move in
<br />a slow and deliberate manner without purpose or otherwise interfere with, obstruct, or
<br />render dangerous or unreasonable for passage, any public highway, sidewalk, parking
<br />area, or right -of -way.
<br />C. Remaining for more than five minutes on any public or private premises in
<br />which the actor has been verbally informed at least one (1) time prior in the past twelve
<br />(12) months as to the existence of this ordinance, or are posted with a conspicuous sign
<br />containing the words No Loitering ".
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