§ 29-66.2. Street soliciting.

(a)

Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place and repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage, passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other persons, for the purpose of prostitution as defined in section 29-61 of this code, or of soliciting for a prostitute as defined in section 29-66 of this code, shall be guilty of a violation of this section and upon conviction shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor II. If such person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, such person shall be prosecuted in accordance with the terms of 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1, and upon conviction, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by incarceration in a penal institution other than the penitentiary for not less than twenty (20) days and not more than six (6) months.

(b)

Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place and repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage, passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other persons, for the purpose of pandering as defined in section 29-65 of this code, shall be prosecuted in accordance with the terms of 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1, and upon conviction, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by incarceration in a penal institution other than the penitentiary for not less than twenty (20) days and not more than six (6) months.

(c)

For the purposes of this section, "public place" means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place, or any other public way.

(Ord. No. O91-65, § 1, 9-17-91; Ord. No. O93-129, § 4, 12-21-93)