Under a new Atlanta ordinance, panhandlers would be forbidden from soliciting people for money within 15 feet of a building entrance or exit and repeatedly harassing a person after being rejected. The measure is a compromise between Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Councilman Michael Julian Bond. (Photo Courtesy of Sanja Gjenero via stock.xchng.)
The council's unanimous vote Monday night comes after Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed vetoed an earlier measure. The new ordinance is a compromise between the mayor and Councilman Michael Julian Bond.
Under the ordinance, panhandlers would be forbidden from soliciting people for money within 15 feet of a building entrance or exit and repeatedly harassing a person after being rejected.
Anyone caught aggressively panhandling would go to jail for 30 days after the second offense and 90 days after the third conviction.
