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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(a) Aggressive Manner. Shall mean any of the following: (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(1) Fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property; or (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(2) Otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value; (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(3) Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or an occupied vehicle without that person’s consent in the course of soliciting, asking or begging; (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(4) Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means, including unreasonable causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact; (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(5) Using violent or threatening gestures toward a person solicited either before, during, or after soliciting, asking or begging; (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(6) Persisting in closely following or approaching a person, after the person solicited has been solicited and informed the solicitor by words or conduct that such person does not want to be solicited or does not want to give money or any other thing of value to the solicitor; or (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(7) Using profane, offensive or abusive language which is inherently likely to provide an immediate violent reaction, either before, during, or after solicitation. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(b) Automated Teller Machine. Any electronic information processing device which accepts or dispenses cash in connection with a credit, deposit, or convenience account. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(c) Automated Teller Machine Facility. The area comprised of one or more automated teller machines, and any adjacent space which is made available to banking customers after regular banking hours. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(d) Bank. Any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operated under the laws of the United States, and any bank the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(e) Credit Union. Any federal credit union and any state-chartered credit union the accounts of which are insured by the Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(f) Check Cashing Business. Any person duly licensed as a check seller, bill payer, or prorater pursuant to Division 3 of the California Financial Code, commencing with § 12000. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(g) Gas Station Pump. A facility that is open to the public to purchase and pump gasoline into vehicles, specifically where the machine that actually discharges the gasoline into the vehicle is located. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(h) Public Place. A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, any street, highway, sidewalk, parking lot, public alley, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, playground, and any doorway, entrance, hallway, lobby and other portion of any business establishment, an apartment house or hotel not constituting a room or apartment designed for actual residence. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(i) Public Transportation Vehicle. Any vehicle, including a trailer bus, designed, used or maintained for carrying ten or more persons, including the driver; or a passenger vehicle designed for carrying fewer than ten persons, including the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(j) Savings and Loan Association. Any federal savings and loan association and any “insured institution” as defined in Section 401 of the National Housing Act, as amended, any federal credit union as defined in Section 2 of the Federal Credit Union Act. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)

(k) Solicit, Ask or Beg. Shall include the spoken, written, or printed word, or bodily gestures, signs or other means with the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation of money or other thing of value or soliciting the sale of goods or services. (Ord. 2553, § 1, 6/28/2016)