Dodge City commissioners have approved an ordinance establishing a Chapter XI, Article 7 of the Code of the City of Dodge City for prohibiting pedestrians from entering or staying upon a designated roadway to facilitate a transfer of anything from pedestrian to vehicle occupant would be prohibited.
What is being referred to as the “Panhandling Ordinance,” it states that pedestrians stepping out into the roadway or for those that remain along side a designated roadway, to complete a transaction, would be prohibited.
Therefore, anyone that goes into the roadway or along side the roadway and approaches a vehicle stopped on the roadway would be prohibited.
“The emphasis for this is traffic and pedestrian safety,” attorney for the city Brad Ralph said. “We want to make sure everyone stays safe which includes people getting and people giving transactions.”
The designated roadways would be any road listed within the ordinance would not be allowed for panhandling.
The roads that are being designated are Wyatt Earp Boulevard, 14th Avenue, Trail Street, Central Avenue from Comanche Boulevard north to Highway 50, Highway 50, 2nd Avenue south from Wyatt Earp Boulevard to the south city limits.
(Read more: News – Dodge City Daily Globe – Dodge City, KS)