[Adopted 10-14-1971 by Ord. No. 5-71 as Secs.
17-1 through 17-28 of the 1971 Code of Ordinances]
[Amended 12-9-1976 by Ord. No. 15-76]
The definitions contained in this section shall
apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article.
Any two or more persons gathered together and acting in a
boisterous, noisy, riotous, offensive, disorderly or threatening manner
toward each other or others or committing any acts which in any way
breach or disturb the peace or tend to breach or disturb the peace.
Any building or structure or any part thereof which is used
for gambling or which is frequented by prostitutes, criminals, gamblers,
vagrants or persons violating the law or in which the law is habitually
violated.
Any building or structure or any part thereof in which prostitution,
lewdness or other unlawful sexual acts are permitted.[1]
Includes any adult person having care or custody of a minor,
whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or
otherwise.
Any place to which the public has access and shall include
but not be limited to any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk or
railroad station. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood
of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern, theater or other place of
business and public grounds, areas, parks, as well as parking lots
or other vacant private property not owned by or under the control
of the person charged with violating this article or, in the case
of a minor, not owned or under the control of his parent or guardian.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "loitering,"
which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 11-14-1991
by Ord. No. 22-91.
All acts constituting lewd, immoral or indecent
conduct, unlawful destruction of property, willful injuries to or
unlawful interference with persons, hazards to the public health and
breaches or disturbances of the peace not expressly mentioned in this
article are severally prohibited.[1]
No person shall sell or offer to sell any lewd
or indecent picture, book, device or thing or exhibit or perform or
cause to be exhibited or performed any lewd, immoral or indecent dance,
show, play or other presentation.[1]
No person shall write or cause to be written
any lewd, indecent or obscene word or mark whatsoever or draw or cause
to be drawn any lewd, indecent or obscene figure upon any house, building,
wall, fence or other place in the Borough.
No person shall, by word, act, sign or other
device, invite or solicit or aid or abet in inviting or soliciting
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other unlawful, lewd, indecent
or lascivious act.
No person shall maintain or cause or permit
to be maintained a disorderly house or house of ill fame in any building
or structure or on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him
nor shall any person permit any building or other structure or any
premises owned or occupied or controlled by him to be frequented or
used by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes, gamblers
or vagrants.
No person shall set up, keep or maintain or
permit to be set up, kept or maintained, in any house or premises,
any faro table, faro bank, roulette wheel or other device or game
of chance for the purpose of gaming or any cockpit or other place
for animals to fight nor shall any person hold or permit to be held,
in any house or premises, any dogfight or cockfight.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 17-11, entitled
"Participation in, inciting unlawful assemblies," and Sec. 17-12,
entitled "Engaging in brawls, altercations," which immediately followed
this section, were deleted 11-14-1991 by Ord. No. 22-91.
No person shall at any time or place willfully
disquiet, interrupt or disturb any assembly of people met for a lawful
purpose, either by making a noise or by rude, disorderly or indecent
behavior or profane language, either within the place of meeting or
out of it, so near as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting,
or shall, by noisy, rude, improper or disorderly conduct, in any library
or reading room, disturb or interrupt the quiet and good order of
those who resort to and use such library or reading room for reading
or study.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 17-14, entitled
"Taking part in drunken, riotous, disorderly conduct," Sec. 17-15,
entitled "Destruction of property," and Sec. 17-16, entitled "Hindering
borough officials," which immediately followed this section, were
deleted 11-14-1991 by Ord. No. 22-91.
[Amended 5-10-1990 by Ord. No. 9-90; 11-14-1991 by Ord. No. 22-91]
No person shall willfully obstruct, molest,
hinder, annoy, frighten, threaten, insult or interfere with any other
person lawfully upon any public thoroughfare or in any public place
or in any automobile, bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully
upon any public thoroughfare.
[Amended 12-14-1989 by Ord. No. 29-89]
A.
No person shall place, throw, plow, snow blow, leaf
blow, shovel or rake or suffer or permit the depositing of any leaves,
snow, ice, stone, sticks, glass or any hard, dangerous or offensive
substance upon any street, avenue, road, highway or other public thoroughfare
nor shall any person throw any such object or substance at, upon or
against any person, vehicle of transportation, building or other structure.
B.
No person shall discharge or permit the discharge
of water or any other liquid in any manner whatsoever upon any street,
avenue, road, highway or other public thoroughfare, nor shall any
person throw water or any other liquid at, upon or against any person,
vehicle of transportation or other structure in a such a manner so
that such discharge may create or present a hazard to the public health
or unlawfully destroy property or cause injuries to or unlawful interference
with persons or property.
[Added 3-9-2006 by Ord. No. 03-06]
No person shall unnecessarily obstruct any street,
avenue, road, highway, alley or public place with any kind of vehicle
or vehicles or with a box or boxes, lumber, wood or any other thing,
but the provisions of this section shall not prevent persons who are
building from occupying, until notified by any Borough official to
cease such occupancy, 1/2 of the street in front of the place
where they are so building, unless another person is building on the
opposite side of the street, in which case neither shall occupy more
than 1/4 of the street; no person who is building shall continue
such occupancy of any street after notice from any Borough official
or police officer to discontinue the same.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any
school or molest or give annoyance to children attending such school
or any teacher therein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 17-21, entitled
"Drunkeness generally," which immediately followed this section, was
deleted 11-14-1991 by Ord. No. 22-91.
No person shall conduct himself or herself in
or about the Borough having concealed upon him or her any picklock,
key, crowbar, jack, bit or other implement with any intent to break
or enter into any building or shall have upon him or her any pistol,
hanger, cutlass, bludgeon or other offensive or dangerous weapon nor
shall any person be apprehended having upon him or her, whether concealed
or not, any of the foregoing articles or things with the intent of
committing any unlawful act nor shall any person be found in or near
any dwelling, house, warehouse, stable, barn, coach house, garage,
smokehouse or any place of public resort or assemblage for business,
worship or amusement or other lawful purpose with intent to steal
any goods or chattels; provided, however, that this section shall
not apply to law officers and other persons duly authorized under
certain statutes of this state to carry proper weapons of defense.
Possession of any of the foregoing articles on a public thoroughfare
shall be prima facie evidence of such intent.
No person shall go about from door to door or
place himself or herself in the streets to beg or gather alms.
No person shall willfully and maliciously ring
or cause to be rung any bell or alarm of any fire company or ambulance
association thereby giving or causing to be given a false alarm of
fire or ambulance call or shall willfully send any message of false
alarm of fire or ambulance call by telephone or by any other method
or means.
