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(6) "Knowingly" shall be as defined in section 702-206, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (7) "Public place" means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access including, but not limited to, any street, highway, sidewalk, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, place of amusement, park, or playground. {(9* (8) "Restaurant" means any retail eating establishment where meals or food are served or provided for on-site consumption by seated patrons that is licensed by the department of health to operate as a food service establishment. {(14)}} (9) "Soliciting" means asking for money or objects of value, with the intention that the money or object be transferred at that time, and at that place. Soliciting shall include using the spoken, written, or printed word, bodily gestures, signs, or other means with the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation of money or other thing of value or soliciting the sale of goods or services. Section 14-75. Prohibited acts. (a) The following acts are prohibited within the areas described in subsection (b) of this section. (1) No person shall solicit in an aggressive manner in any public place. (2) No person shall solicit while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. (3) No person shall solicit by stating that funds are needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor has the funds to meet that need, does not intend to use funds to meet that need, or does not have that need. (4) No person shall solicit on private or residential property without permission from the owner or other person lawfully in possession of such property. (5) No person shall solicit within twenty feet of public toilets. (6) No person shall solicit within twenty feet of any entrance or exit of any financial institution or within twenty feet of any automated teller machine without the consent of the owner of the property or another person legally in possession of such facilities. Provided, however, that when an automated teller machine is located within an automated teller machine facility, such distance shall be measured from the entrance or exit of the facility. (7) No person shall solicit within twenty feet of any entrance or exit of any restaurant without the consent of the owner of the property or another person legally in possession of such facility. (8) No person shall solicit within ten feet of any entrance or exit to a building without the consent of the owner of the property or another person legally in possession of such facility, with the exception of public toilets, financial institutions, or restaurants from which soliciting shall be prohibited within twenty feet of the entrance or exit.