Manchester loitering rules under Ch. 200 require specific aggravating conduct — drug activity, threats, blocking access — beyond mere presence. Pure-status loitering bans are unconstitutional under Papachristou.
Manchester Code Ch. 200 limits loitering enforcement to behavior-based offenses: loitering for the purpose of drug sales (NH RSA 318-B), prostitution-related solicitation, blocking building entrances, or remaining after lawful order to disperse. Pure-status loitering ordinances were struck down in Papachristou v. Jacksonville (1972) and Chicago v. Morales (1999), so police need articulable suspicion of an underlying offense. NH RSA 644:6 (Loitering or Prowling) requires alarming circumstances and a request to identify oneself. Penalties are violation-level fines unless tied to felony underlying conduct.
Loitering with intent to sell drugs, blocking building entrances, or refusing to disperse from a posted area after police direction triggers enforcement.
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