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CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 13-07
<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 7, Loitering:
<br /> CHAPTER 7—GENERAL OFFENSES
<br /> ARTICLE 7. LOITERING
<br /> Section 7-7.1. 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, cafe, 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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