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A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly interfere with, disrupt, or obstruct a public officer or other person who is performing authorized work, maintenance, or a public service on public property or private property adjacent to the public right of way.

B. Definitions. For purposes of this section:

"Interfere with, disrupt, or obstruct" means and includes, but is not limited to, refusing to move from an area of property that is to be cleaned, spitting at persons, attempting to eavesdrop on confidential conversations between public service providers and clients, acting in any manner which would cause a reasonable person to fear for their own safety. Factors to be weighed in determining whether the behavior would cause a reasonable person to fear for their own safety include but are not limited to the making of threatening gestures, the proximity of the aggressor to the person, the duration of the contact, making physical contact with the person.

"Public officer" means all employees or agents of any public entity, but shall not include peace officers.

"Public right-of-way" means that all streets, sidewalks, pathways and alleys dedicated to and accepted by the City, as well as all other property acquired for purposes of public use under Civil Code Section 1009 or any property impliedly dedicated or licensed for such use.

"Public service" means and includes, but is not limited to, refuse collection; street cleaning; sidewalk cleaning; graffiti abatement; sign repair; building maintenance or repair; homeless outreach and mobile crisis services; and regulatory licensing inspections and enforcement. (Ord. 6453-NS § 1, 1998)