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Town of Webb, NY
Herkimer County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Webb 6-13-1972 by L.L. No. 1-1972; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Disorderly Conduct Local Law."
The Town Board of the Town of Webb finds that the effective control of disorderly conduct is essential for the preservation of health, welfare and the safety of its residents and tourists.
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof:
A. 
He engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or
B. 
He makes unreasonable noise; or
C. 
In a public place, he uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture; or
D. 
Without lawful authority, he disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; or
E. 
He obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
F. 
He congregates with other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of the police to disperse; or
G. 
He creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose.
A. 
No person shall use offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting language or conduct or behave himself or herself in an offensive, disorderly, threatening or insulting manner in or upon any public sidewalk, street, highway, parking lot, bathing beach or other public place in the Town of Webb.
B. 
No person or persons shall act or conduct themselves in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others in or upon any public sidewalk, street, highway, parking lot, bathing beach or other public place in the Town of Webb.
C. 
No person shall congregate in or upon any public sidewalk, street, highway, parking lot, bathing beach or other public place in the Town of Webb in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others.
Any person under the age of 18 years of age who congregates upon public land which is adjacent to and encompasses the Old Forge Pond in the Town of Webb after 9:00 p.m. at night and prior to 5:30 a.m. in the morning, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, shall be deemed to be in violation of this chapter, and such act shall constitute disorderly conduct.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a violation as defined in the Penal Law of the State of New York and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.