[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Lower Makefield 4-4-1955 by Ord. No. 23. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful and shall constitute disorderly
conduct for any person willfully:
A.
To be guilty of a breach of the peace, vagrancy, disorderly
conduct or to engage in fighting or to incite others to fight or to
engage in any unlawful act tending to imperil the personal security
of any person or to endanger or injure property within the Township
of Lower Makefield.
B.
To use loud, boisterous, profane, blasphemous, indecent
or immoral language upon or near any of the public highways or public
places or in a manner so as to annoy residents in the neighborhood
or to make any unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the
residents nearby.
C.
To commit any act of lewdness or public indecency
of exposure of person or to become intoxicated.
D.
To loaf, loiter or stand upon any of the sidewalks,
roads or other public highways or places so as to interfere with the
free and full passage of residents or travelers.
E.
To set up, maintain, open, operate or conduct any
gambling place or any immoral show, entertainment or exhibition, unlawful
drinking place, resort or house of prostitution or to participate
in the operation of any of the same or to be a patron thereof.
F.
To set up, maintain or possess any device which is
or can be used for purposes of gambling.
G.
To carry concealed any deadly weapon, unless authorized by law, or to discharge any gun, whether the propelling force is compressed air or explosion or firearm, unless in defense of person and/or property, except when such gun is being carried and discharged by a person or persons who is and are duly licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to hunt game or fowl in season or as authorized by and pursuant to any other lawfully issued hunting or deer control permit; and further provided that this provision shall not apply to a person or persons discharging firearms at an organized trap shoot, the location for which has been approved by the Board of Supervisors, or at a properly constructed shooting range which has been approved by the Board of Supervisors, or when, upon express designation and authorization by the Township, or its authorized officials, representatives, agents or contractors, such person is actively engaged in and carrying out any actions, activities, practices, duties, responsibilities or other obligations related to or in connection with a deer management program or recreational public hunting, as such terms are defined in Chapter 141 hereof.
[Amended 9-2-2009 by Ord. No. 379]
H.
To throw on, from or unto any highway any stones,
snowballs or other material or to raise any false alarm of fire.
I.
To interfere with any member of the Police Department
of Lower Makefield Township or any other police officer in the performance
of their duties, resist arrest or fail to render assistance to any
police officer when called upon by him.
J.
To tamper with, destroy or otherwise interfere with
any lights, guardrails, signs or other property or materials placed
in public places by any officials or agents of the Township of Lower
Makefield or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any gun which uses compressed air or a spring
as the propelling force for a pellet and when being used or carried
in violation of any provision or section of this chapter may be seized,
confiscated and retained by any duly constituted police officer of
the Township of Lower Makefield or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and, after being so seized, confiscated or retained shall be held
for a period of 10 days; in the event that no cause is shown within
the said ten-day period why the said gun should be returned, it shall
thereupon be destroyed.
[Added 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 305]
It shall be a violation of this chapter for
any person, firm or corporation to commence construction activities
prior to 7:00 a.m. or after dusk on weekdays and prior to 8:00 a.m.
or after dusk on weekends and holidays.
[Added 10-21-1996 by Ord. No. 305]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be liable, on conviction before any District
Justice, to a fine or penalty not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600.)
and costs of prosecution and reasonable attorney fees for each and
every offense. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the
judgment, the township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable
rules of civil procedure.
