[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Chesapeake
Beach 7-16-1998 by Ord. No. O-98-99 (Ch. 35 of the 1997 Town Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
To stand around or remain, or to park or remain parked in
a motor vehicle, at a public place or place open to the public and
to engage in any conduct prohibited under this chapter. "Loiter" also
means to collect, gather, congregate or to be a member of a group
or a crowd of people who are gathered together in any public place
or place open to the public and to engage in any conduct prohibited
under this chapter.
Any place open to the public or any place to which the public
is invited and in, on or around any privately owned place of business,
private parking lot or private institution, including places of worship,
cemeteries or any place of amusement and entertainment, whether or
not a charge of admission or entry thereto is made. It includes the
elevator, lobby, halls, corridors and areas open to the public of
any store, office or apartment building.
Any public street, road, or highway, alley, lane, sidewalk,
crosswalk or other public way, or any public resort, place of amusement,
park, playground, public building or grounds appurtenant thereto,
school building or school grounds, public parking lot or any vacant
lot.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter at, on or in a public
place or place open to the public in such manner so as to:
(1)
Interfere, impede or hinder the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular
traffic.
(2)
Interfere with, obstruct, harass, curse or threaten or to do physical
harm to another member or members of the public.
(3)
Cause, by words, acts or other conduct, a reasonable likelihood of
a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct to result.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter at a public place or
place open to the public and to fail to obey the direction of a uniformed
police officer, Town Code Enforcement Officer, or a properly identified
police officer not in uniform, to move on, when not to obey such direction
shall endanger the public peace.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit orderly
picketing or other lawful assembly.
A violation of any provision or requirement of this chapter
shall constitute a municipal infraction and shall be punishable by
a fine of $50 per occurrence. No person shall be charged with a violation
of this chapter unless and until the officer has first warned the
person of the violation and such person has failed or refused to stop
such violation.
