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 II Loitering
- 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 II Loitering
- § 236-2 Definitions.
- § 236-3 Prohibited conduct.
- § 236-4 Law enforcement action; notice; penalties for offenses.
- 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
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
To sit, stand, lie, pace or otherwise remaining essentially
in the same place, and shall include the colloquial expression "hanging
around."
Any area that is used or held out for use by the public,
whether owned or operated by public or private interests.
It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to loiter:
A.
On the streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, walks in public parks or any
other public area so as to obstruct, impede or interfere with the
use of the street, sidewalk, crosswalk, walk in a public park or other
area by any other person;
B.
On the grounds or within any building of a school within the Town
so as in any way to obstruct, impede or interfere with or interrupt
the operation of any school or class within such school; or
C.
On private property within the Town if ordered to quit the private
property by the owner, his agent, a tenant or lawful occupant thereof,
or if said private property is posted with a sign or signs stating
that loitering thereon is prohibited.
A.
Whenever any police officer in the exercise of reasonable judgment
decides that the presence of any person in any place constitutes loitering
as defined herein, he or she may, if deemed necessary for the preservation
of the public peace and safety, advise the person of the prohibited
conduct and order that person(s) to leave that place, thereby giving
the person an opportunity to comply with this article.
B.
Any person who shall refuse to leave after being so advised of the
prohibited conduct and ordered to do so by a police officer shall
be guilty of violating this chapter and shall be subject to a fine
not exceeding $99.
