(CHEHALIS, WA) -- A new ordinance that bans coercive panhandling in the city of Chehalis goes into effect today. Chehalis Police Chief Glenn Schaeffer says the ordinance does not ban all panhandling but it does prohibit aggressive panhandling. It bans panhandling at all three I-5 on and off-ramps, on Louisiana Avenue between K-Mart and I-5 Toyota and all existing and future businesses on Arkansas Way. It also prohibits such activities within 25 feet of the entrance of a building without the owner’s permission and within 25 feet of a parked vehicle while it is being loaded or unloaded.
