As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Two or more persons gathered together and acting in a boisterous,
offensive or threatening manner toward each other or others, or committing
an act or acts which are a breach of the peace or which tend to create
a breach of the peace.[1]
A person without visible means of support, who is idle and,
though able to work for his maintenance, refuses to do so, and lives
without labor or on the charity of others.
[1]
Editor's Note: The original definitions of "disorderly house"
and "house of ill fame," which immediately followed, were repealed
6-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23.
No person shall utter any loud, profane, indecent,
lewd, abusive, offensive, threatening or obscene language in a public
place or commit any act which tends to endanger the public peace.
No person shall, by noise or disorderly conduct,
disturb or interfere with the quiet or good order of any place of
assembly, public or private, including schools, churches, libraries
and reading rooms.
No person shall take any part in or aid, abet
or assist a disorderly assemblage.
No person shall engage in a fight or personal
encounter nor use or attempt to use physical violence toward another.
No person shall solicit from house to house
or in any public street, park or public place, a gift of money, clothing
or other things for his own use.
No person shall take part in or aid or abet
a cockfight, dogfight or any unlawful prizefight or boxing contest.
No person shall interfere with, deface or mutilate
any fire alarm box or fire alarm system or any part thereof or of
any apparatus connected therewith, nor knowingly give, send or cause
to be given or sent a false fire alarm.
No person shall expectorate in a public street
or place, upon any sidewalk or on the sidewall, floor or platform
of any building or of a vehicle used for public transportation.
No person shall loiter, lounge or sleep in or
upon any street or public place or in any public building, or obstruct
the access to any public building or any part thereof, or obstruct
passage through or upon any public street, park or public place.
No person shall indulge in or utter loud or
offensive or indecent language nor audibly make offensive remarks
to or comments upon any person in or upon any street, park, public
place or public conveyance.
No person shall obstruct or interfere with any
person lawfully upon any public place or public conveyance.
[Amended 3-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-004]
A.
No person
shall, in any house, building or grounds belonging thereto, or in
or upon any street or public place or public conveyance, disturb or
endanger the public peace or health by any offensive or disorderly
act or language.
B.
No person
shall, within the limits of the Borough of Park Ridge, defecate or
urinate upon any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk, the neighborhood
of any store, restaurant, tavern or other place of business, or in
any other public place or in any other place open to and used by the
public or outdoors upon any private property, except in enclosed facilities
or structures intended for the carrying out of such excretory acts.
No person, other than the person in charge of
the operation of an elevator, shall handle, operate or manipulate
any rope, shifting rod lever or other apparatus or thing attached
to or used to start or stop an elevator, unless requested to do so
by the person in charge thereof.
No person shall interfere by force with a member
of the Police or Fire Department or an officer of the Borough in the
performance of his duties, nor prevent or attempt to prevent such
member or officer from performing his duty.
[Amended 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-011]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both.
