[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Wilmerding 2-7-1995 by Ord. No. 938 (Ch. 6, Part 4, of the 1989 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Curfew — See Ch. 150.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
Remaining idle essentially in one location, lingering, spending
time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly in one vicinity or neighborhood,
or "hanging around."
Any place to which the public has access. including any public
street or public sidewalk, the front of and the area immediately adjacent
to any school, parking lot, store, restaurant, tavern or other place
of business.
No person shall loiter in a public place in such manner as to:
A.
Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach of the peace.
B.
Create or cause to be created any annoyance to any person or persons.
C.
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
D.
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public
place as defined in § 195-1 of this chapter. This shall
include the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive, disgusting
or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the
person to, or in whose hearing, they are made.
Whenever the presence of any person in any public place is causing
or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in § 195-2
of this chapter, any police officer may order that person to leave
that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered
to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this
section.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.
