Youngstown mayor proposed loitering ordinance

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday making it illegal to sit, lay down or loiter on downtown sidewalks, streets and other public areas.

The ordinance prohibiting "improper conduct in the central business district" is being proposed by Mayor John A. McNally, who said since the city repealed its anti-begging law in October 2015, "we’ve noticed a lot more people hanging around downtown."

City officials have seen people in and near surface parking lots gathering and drinking alcoholic beverages in the middle of the day, McNally said.

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