§ 19-436. Official findings.  


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  • (a)

    The City Council finds that there is an increasing use of public property within the City for the purpose of flagrant violations of the penal laws relating to prostitution. The Council also finds that such use continues even after the interdiction by police authorities, with repeated offenses often being committed by the same offenders in the same locations.

    (b)

    The Council finds that this situation seriously interferes with the health and welfare of the general public in the areas of quality of neighborhood life and environment, diminution of property values, safety of the public upon the streets and sidewalks, and increasing costs of law enforcement as a result of this illegal activity.

    (c)

    The Council, therefore, finds it in the public interest to authorize and empower the appropriate City officials to take corrective action to prevent the use of public areas as a marketplace for prostitution and to seek the cooperation of the courts in imposing restrictions on persons convicted of prostitution which would limit their access to certain public property for the purpose of engaging in dangerous, offensive, and illegal activity.

    (Code 1993, § 20-221; Code 2004, § 66-491)

(Code 1993, § 20-221; Code 2004, § 66-491)