[HISTORY: Adopted City of Norwalk Common Council 9-28-1982. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or remain in a public
place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose
of engaging or soliciting another person to engage in sexual activity.
The circumstances which may be considered in determing whether such
purposes are manifested are that such person is a known prostitute
or panderer, repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop a passerby
or engages a passerby in conversation or repeatedly stops or attempts
to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or any
other bodily gestures.
B.Â
No arrest shall be made or no citation shall be issued for a violation
of this ordinance unless the arresting officer, by direct demand,
first affords such person an opportunity to explain such conduct.
C.Â
No person shall be convicted of a violation of this ordinance if
the arresting officer does not comply with the preceding subsection
or if it appears at a trial that the explanation offered was true
and disclosed a lawful purpose.
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A person who has, to the knowledge of the arresting officer,
been convicted of a violation of any ordinance of the City of Norwalk
on a statute of the State of Connecticut defining and punishing acts
of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution
or any other offense set forth in Chapter 952 of the Connecticut General
Statutes.
Remaining idle in essentially one place, and shall include
the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly.
An area, either publicly owned or to which the public has
access.
Acts of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute or promoting
prostitution as such acts are proscribed and defined by Chapter 952
of the Connecticut General Statutes, as these statutes hereafter shall
be amended.
[Amended 9-14-1988]
Any person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a fine
not exceeding $1,000.
