[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of South Whitehall 7-3-1990 by Ord. No. 486. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
To remain idle or linger in essentially one location and
shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing, lingering
or walking about aimlessly, and shall also include the colloquial
expression "hanging around."
Any place to which the public or a substantial group has
access including, but not limited to, highways, streets, parking lots,
sidewalks, schools, apartment houses, places of business or amusement,
any neighborhood, or any premises which are open to the public.
No person shall loiter in a public place in
such manner as to:
A.
Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach
of the peace by willfully or recklessly creating a hazardous or physically
offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose.
B.
Willfully or recklessly create or cause to be created
any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort and repose of any person.
C.
Willfully or recklessly obstruct the free passage
of pedestrians or vehicles.
D.
Willfully or recklessly obstruct, molest or interfere
with any person lawfully in any public place.
E.
Willfully interfere with the lawful use of nearby
real property by an owner or possessor of said property or by his/her
invitees or customers of said premises.
F.
Willfully make unreasonable noise, willfully use obscene
language or willfully make an obscene gesture.
Whenever any person in any public place engages in any of the prohibited conduct set forth in § 221-2, any Township police officer or state law enforcement official may order that person to leave that place. Any person who willfully fails to obey the order to leave by a Township police officer or state law enforcement official shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
