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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM
LOITERING OR PROWLING IN A PLACE, AT A TIME
OR IN A MANNER NOT USUAL FOR LAW ABIDING
INDIVIDUALS, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
WARRANT A JUSTIFIABLE AND REASONABLE ALARM
OR IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF
PERSONS OR PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY; PRO-
VIDING FOR PENALTIES; CONTAINING DEFINITIONS;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVER -
ABILITY CLAUSE; DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENT OF READING SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY
A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE
HEPSBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The whole purpose of this ordinance is to
provide the City of Miami Police Department with a suitable
tool to prevent crime and allow specific means to eliminate
either a situ4tion which a reasonable man would believe could
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cause a breach of`the peace or which a reasonable man would
believe constI tutes a1 hreat or da ,er of physical harm, damage,
or injury to pers or p ope�t ; t'1rAgh criminal means.
Section �y; Definitions.;
A.- The words "weer circumstances that warrant a
justifiable and reap�ona �c/alarm or immediate concern for the
safety of persons or.pr.04rty in the vicinity "means those
circumstances where ppqice`and order are tii.Lcatened or where
the safety of persons or property is jeopardized. The police
officer must be able to point to specific and articulable facts
which taken together with rational inferences from those facts,
reasonably warrant a finding that a breach of the peace is
imminent or the safety of persons or property is threatened.
B. "Being advisee
means being informed by a po
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