Loitering for engaging in prostitution.
Columbus City Codes § 2307.251
in effect2307.251 - Loitering for engaging in prostitution.
(A) No person, with the purpose to solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire, shall remain or wander about in a public place or do any of the following:
(1) Repeatedly beckon, stop, attempt to stop, or attempt to engage passers-by in conversation; or
(2) Repeatedly stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles; or
(3) Repeatedly interfere with the free passage of other persons.
(B) For the purposes of this section, "public place" means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley, or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of loitering for prostitution, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, loitering for engaging in prostitution is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 2535-94.)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT23GEOFCO_CH2307SEOFIN_2307.251LOENPRFetched: 10/27/2026