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Committee recommends city ordinance banning aggressive panhandling, limits panhandling in parks and downtown core
Summary
The Community and Economic Development Committee voted to recommend approval of an ordinance that bars aggressive panhandling citywide and prohibits panhandling in public parks and a defined downtown core, sending the measure to the full Lee's Summit City Council.
The Community and Economic Development Committee recommended approval Wednesday of an ordinance that would bar aggressive panhandling citywide and prohibit panhandling in public parks and a defined downtown core. The committee voted to forward the measure to the full Lee’s Summit City Council for final action.
City staff and legal advisers said the proposal divides panhandling into two categories: “aggressive panhandling,” which would be banned everywhere in the city, and ordinary panhandling, which would be prohibited in…
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