It is unlawful to commit, or request or agree to commit, any sexual act (either heterosexual or homosexual) with any person in return for a fee; or
A.
To secure or offer to secure another for the purpose of committing any such act; or
B.
To loiter in or near any thoroughfare or place open to the public in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting, or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such purpose is manifested: that such person is a known prostitute or panderer, repeatedly beckons to, stops, or attempts to stop, or engages male or female passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles by hailing, waving of arms, or any other bodily gesture. For purposes of this subsection, a "known prostitute or panderer" is a person who has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted of violating any ordinance or law of any jurisdiction within the State of Washington defining and punishing acts of soliciting, committing, or offering or agreeing to commit prostitution;
C.
To transport any person to any place with the knowledge that it will facilitate the committing of any such act; or
D.
To knowingly receive, offer or agree to receive any person into any place, building, or vehicle for the purpose of performing any such act, or to knowingly permit any person to remain there for the purpose of committing any such act; or
E.
To direct any person to any place for the purpose of committing any such act, or to solicit the commission of any such act; or
F.
To in any way aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any such act; or
G.
To attempt to detect or identify a police officer for the purpose of attempting to avoid or escape criminal liability for violating, or attempting to violate this chapter, by any of the following means:
1.
By exposing or offering to expose one’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast.
2.
By requesting, asking, or encouraging another to touch or fondle one’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast directly or through the clothing.
3.
By touching or requesting to touch another person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast directly or through the clothing.
4.
By requesting, asking, or encouraging another to expose or show the other’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast.
(Ord. 12513 § 1, 1944-02-09; Ord. 20522 § 1, 1975-08-19; Ord. 23819 § 1, 1987-05-05; Ord. 28002 Ex. A, 2011-07-19)