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CITY OF COLLEYVILLEY, TEXAS
TARRA NT COUNTY
ORDINANCE No. 0-74-158'
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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING LOITERING IN GENERAL, DEFINING
"LOITER," AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXAS, THAT:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, as
hereinafter defined in, on or about any place, public
,or private, when such loitering is accompanied by
activity or is under circumstances that afford probable
cause for alarm or concern for the safety and well-being
of persons or for the security of property, in the
surrounding area.
2. For the purpose of this ordinance, the term "loiter"
shall include the following activities: The walking
about aimlessly without apparent purpose; lingering;
hanging around; lagging behind; the idle spending of
time; delaying; sauntering and moving slowly about,
where such conduct is not due to physical defects or
conditions.
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3. For the purposes of this section, the term "any place,"
public or private, shall include, but not be limited to
the following: All places commonly known as being
distinctively public, such as public streets, public
restrooms, sidewalks, parks, alleys and buildings; all
places privately owned but open to the public generally,
such as shopping centers, transportation terminals,
retail stores, movie theaters, amusement centers (outdoor
or indoor), office bui1di~, and restaurants; and, all
places distinctively private, such as homes or private
residences and apartment houses.
4. For the purposes of this section the term "surrounding
area" shall be defined as follows: That area easily and
immediately accessibly to the person under observation.
5. Without limitation, the following activities and circumstances
may be considered in determin~ng probable cause for alarm
or concern:
a. The flight of a person upon the appearance of a peace
officer or any other person;
b. Attempted concealment by a person upon the appearance
of a peace officer or any other person;
c. The systematic checking by a person of doors, windows or
other means of access to buildings, houses or vehicles;
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d. Repeated activity..tbya.1 per~oA; cont!ihdous or broken,
which outwardly manifests no"pu.rpose,' such as going
from one place to another and back with no showing
of use for such movement;
e. Continuous presence by a person in close proxi~ty to
any building, house, vehicle or any other prop~ty or
to any other person, at any time, when ~e act~ity ;'j
of such person manifests possible un1a~fu1 acti~ity;~
such continuous presence being for an 4n~eason~le 't,
period of time under the circumstances ;t\ten ex~tin~:;.
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f. A change of direction by a person upon rt~ appearance of
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a peace officer in order to avoid meet~n~ior cross1ng
paths with such officer; i "
g. If on private property, the continued refusal of a
person to leave such private property when requested
to do so by the owner, manager, proprietor or lessee
of such property.
Any person found guilty of this ordinance shall be fined in an
amount not to exceed Two-Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY c,OUNeltoF THE
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS THIS erd DAY OF ,7~ '
A. D. 1974.
APPROVED
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A. ANDREWS, Mayor
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APPROVED:
Attorney
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STATE OF TF'XAS 1
,COUNTY OF TARRANT f
, hereby certify that this instrument was FIlED on the
(late and at the time stam"et! '!ere"n by mp, 3nrl was duI,
RECORDED in the Vol me "nr' Page of the DEED RECORDS
of Tarrant County. Texas as stami-ed hereon by me.
MAR 29 1971
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