Town of Manchester, CT
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2022-12-09
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 236 Panhandling and Loitering
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Article I General Provisions
- Charter and Special Acts
- Ch C Charter
- Ch SPE Special Acts Concerning the Town of Manchester
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Agencies
- Ch 10 Agreements, Joint Municipal
- Ch 17 Authorities
- Ch 23 Clerk, Town
- Ch 28 Commissions, Committees and Boards
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Fiscal Year
- Ch 47 Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority Fund
- Ch 51 Insurance Risk Financing Program
- Ch 63 Officers and Employees
- Ch 70 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 79 Regional Councils
- Ch 87 Voting Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 98 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 103 Alarm Systems
- Ch 106 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Centers
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 120 Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 129 Building Construction
- Ch 133 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 137 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 144 Carnivals and Exhibitions
- Ch 148 Cemeteries
- Ch 161 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 180 Firearms
- Ch 187 Food, Sale of
- Ch 200 Landfill
- Ch 205 Library
- Ch 209 Littering
- Ch 212 Living Wage
- Ch 214 Massage Therapy Establishments
- Ch 220 Nightclubs
- Ch 223 Noise
- Ch 226 Nuisances
- Ch 235 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 236 Panhandling and Loitering
- Ch 236 Art I General Provisions
- § 236-1 Legislative findings; purpose.
- Ch 242 Property Maintenance
- Ch 251 Refrigerators and Other Airtight Containers, Abandoned
- Ch 257 Sales
- Ch 264 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 273 Solid Waste
- Ch 275 Storm Drainage System Management
- Ch 279 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 285 Taxation
- Ch 290 Tobacco Products
- Ch 292 Town Property
- Ch 298 Trees
- Ch 304 Vehicles and Boats, Operation of
- Ch 307 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 315 Water
- Ch 323 Wetlands and Watercourses, Inland
- Ch 325 Zoning Violations
- Appendix
- Ch A340 Real Estate Transactions
- State Law Reference Table
- Ch SLR State Law Reference Table
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
Section 7-148 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of
1958, as amended, specifically empowers towns to regulate the use
of streets, sidewalks, highways, public places and grounds for public
and private purposes; to regulate and keep streets, sidewalks and
public places free from undue noise and nuisances; and to make and
enforce police, sanitary or other similar regulations to protect and
to promote the peace, safety, good government and welfare of the municipality
and its inhabitants.
B.
The Board of Directors of the Town of Manchester finds
that the increase in aggressive solicitation or panhandling throughout
the Town has become extremely disturbing and disruptive to residents
and businesses, and has contributed not only to the loss of access
to and enjoyment of public places, but also to an enhanced sense of
fear, intimidation and disorder. The Board of Directors finds that
the same concerns have been found with respect to loitering, where
it obstructs, impedes or interferes with the use of streets and public
places. Both activities carry with it an implicit threat to both persons
and property.
C.
The Board of Directors is enacting this chapter pursuant to its police
power. This chapter is not intended to limit any persons from exercising
their constitutional right to solicit funds, picket, protest or engage
in other constitutionally protected activity. Rather, its goal is
to protect citizens from the fear and intimidation accompanying certain
kinds of aggressive solicitation that have become an unwelcome presence
in the Town of Manchester.
