Chapter 15 OFFENSES--MISCELLANEOUS*
Sec. 15-27.1. Same--Police order to disperse; penalty.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand
or remain idle, either alone and/or in consort with others, in a public place in
such manner so as to:
(1) Obstruct any public street, public highway, public
sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or
tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles,
traffic or pedestrians.
(2) Commit in or upon any public street, public
highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing
which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of
property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing
or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any
other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted
ingress, egress and regress therein, thereon and thereto.
(b) When any
person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in subsection (a)
herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person
to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any
person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation
of the section.
(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or both. Any such violation
shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued. Violation
of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. G-82-15, § 1,
8-12-82)
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