[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Middletown 4-26-1954 by Ord. No. 29; amended in its entirety 12-1-1992 by Ord. No.
92-13 (Ch. 6, Part 2, of the 1992 Code). Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
Disorderly conduct, as defined in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code
of 1972 (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503), is hereby prohibited within
the Township of Middletown. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct
if he:
A.
Engages in fighting or in threatening, violent or tumultuous
behavior.
B.
Makes unreasonable noise.
C.
Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any
act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor, provided that,
as used in this section, the word "public" means affecting or likely
to affect persons in a place to which the public or a substantial
group has access. Among the places included are streets, alleys and
sidewalks, transport facilities, schools, prisons, apartment houses,
places of business or amusement, any neighborhood, or any premises
which are open to the public.
[Amended 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-08]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues
or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
