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Findlay committee weighs new loitering ordinance to give police clearer enforcement criteria
Summary
Findlay City Council’s Committee of the Whole reviewed a revised loitering ordinance intended to give officers objective criteria to address groups lingering near businesses; councilmembers questioned timing, overlap with existing panhandling and trespass laws, and public notice for any amended draft.
A Committee of the Whole meeting of the Findlay City Council on Nov. 12, 2025, examined a proposed loitering ordinance designed to give law enforcement clearer authority to order people to move when their presence obstructs businesses or public ways.
The mayor summarized the administration’s rationale, saying the ordinance’s purpose is “to promote public safety in order by prohibiting conduct that obstructs public ways or facilitates criminal activity while preserving the constitutional rights of individuals to move freely, assemble, and engage in lawful activity.” The draft defines loitering as remaining in a public place without apparent lawful purpose after being asked by an officer to move along and makes clear officers must identify themselves, explain the conduct observed, give a reasonable…
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