[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the
Borough of Berlin 8-4-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-10. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the
following words or phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have
the following meanings:
A place to which the public or a substantial group has access;
among the places included are highways, transport facilities, schools,
apartment houses, places of business or amusement, or any neighborhood.
No person shall, in a public place, conduct himself or herself
or act in such manner as to:
A.Â
Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach of the peace.
B.Â
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the
comfort and repose of any person.
C.Â
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
D.Â
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public
place, as heretofore defined. This subsection 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 whom or
in whose hearing they are made.
A.Â
Any person found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days and/or a period
of community service not to exceed 90 days. Each day on which a violation
occurs shall be considered a separate offense.
B.Â
Any person who is convicted of violating this chapter within one
year of the date of a previous violation shall be subject to an additional
fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed upon a person
for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed
the maximum fine fixed for a violation, but shall be calculated separately
from the fine imposed for the current violation.
