Chapter 14A.40 Interference With Persons And Sexual Misconduct

City Code Chapter

14A.40.010 Interfering with Privacy.

  1. A.  It is unlawful for any person to look through a window, transom, or door into the dwelling of another with the intent to interfere with the privacy of an occupant.
  2. B. As used in this Section, "dwelling" includes a building or part of a building in which a person temporarily lodges.

14A.40.020 Offensive Physical Contact Prohibited.

  1. A.  No person shall cause or attempt to cause another person reasonably to apprehend that they will be subjected to any offensive physical contact either to their person or to personal property in their immediate possession.
  2. B. Violation of this Section is subject to a maximum $500 fine and/or 10 days in jail.
    1. 1. In lieu of the penalty provided for above, a judge may sentence a person found in violation of this Section to community service for such period as is provided for misdemeanors pursuant to ORS 137.126 to ORS 137.129.

14A.40.030 Indecent Exposure.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to expose his or her genitalia while in a public place or place visible from a public place, if the public place is open or available to persons of the opposite sex.

14A.40.040 Loitering to Solicit Prostitution.

  1. A.  For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
    1. 1. Prostitution: engaging in, offering, or agreeing to engage in sexual conduct or sexual contact in return for a fee or paying, offering, or agreeing to pay a fee to engage in sexual conduct or sexual contact.
    2. 2. Sexual Conduct: sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse.
    3. 3. Sexual Contact: any touching of one person’s sexual organs or other intimate parts, used with the intention of touching another person not married to the actor, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either party.
  2. B. It is unlawful for any person to loiter in or near any street or public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting, or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such purpose is manifested are that the person repeatedly contacts, stops or attempts to stop pedestrians, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators or passengers by hailing them or gesturing to them.

14A.40.050 Unlawful Prostitution Procurement Activities.

  1. A.  As used in this Section, "prostitution" means that unlawful conduct defined in Section 14.A40.040 of this Code. As used in this Section, "prostitution procurement activity" means any conduct by any person that constitutes a substantial step in furtherance of an act of prostitution. Such activity includes, but is not limited to, lingering in or near any street or public place, repeatedly circling an area in a motor vehicle, or repeatedly beckoning to, contacting, or attempting to stop pedestrians or motor vehicle operators.
  2. B. It is unlawful for any person to engage in any prostitution procurement activity with an intent to induce, entice, solicit, procure, locate, or contact another person to commit an act of prostitution.