[Added 10-31-1988 by L.L. No. 8-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
or agree or offer to engage in sexual conduct with another person
in return for a fee.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to patronize a
prostitute. A person patronizes a prostitute when:
(1)
Pursuant to a prior understanding, such person pays
a fee to another person as compensation for such person or a third
person having engaged in sexual conduct with him or her.
(2)
Such person pays or agrees to pay a fee to another
person pursuant to an understanding that in return therefor such person
or a third person will engage in sexual conduct with him or her.
(3)
Such person solicits or requests another person to
engage in sexual conduct with him or her in return for a fee.
B.
As used in this article, "person who is patronized"
means the person with whom the defendant engaged in sexual conduct
or was to have engaged in sexual conduct pursuant to the understanding
or the person who was solicited or requested by the defendant to engage
in sexual conduct.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remain or wander
about in a public place and repeatedly beckon to or repeatedly stop
or repeatedly attempt to stop or repeatedly attempt to engage passersby
in conversation or repeatedly stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles
or repeatedly interfere with the free passage of other persons for
the purpose of prostitution or of patronizing a prostitute.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remain or wander
about in a public place and repeatedly beckon to or repeatedly stop
or repeatedly attempt to stop or repeatedly attempt to engage passersby
in conversation or repeatedly stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles
or repeatedly interfere with the free passage of other persons for
the purpose of promoting prostitution.
It shall be unlawful for any person to frequent,
patronize, reside or be employed in or in any way be connected with
any house of prostitution or assignation or, as owner, agent or lessee,
to let or rent any room, building or part thereof knowing that it
is intended to be or will be used for such purpose or knowingly to
permit any room, building or part thereof which is owned, occupied
or under the control of such person to be used for the purpose of
prostitution or assignation.
A violation of any of the provisions of this
article shall constitute a violation as said term is defined in the
Penal Law of the State of New York and be punishable as such.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section
or part thereof contained in this article shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy and in which
such judgment shall have been rendered.
