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Town of University Park, MD
Prince George's County
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No person shall appear and act in a drunk or disorderly manner on public ways, public property, or at any public gathering. In addition, no person shall engage in:
A. 
The willful obstruction or hindrance of the free passage of persons on public ways.
B. 
Profane cursing or swearing to a police officer while in the actual performance of his duties or so as to disturb the public.
C. 
The generation of any loud or unnecessary noises so as to cause annoyances or disturbances to others living or located nearby.
D. 
The possession or drinking of alcoholic beverages on Town property or in any vehicle on Town property.
E. 
The refusal to move on and disperse when so ordered by a police officer.
No person shall keep or maintain a disorderly house within the Town, or knowingly let or lease a house or unit within it that will be kept in a disorderly manner.
No person shall expose his private parts, or indulge in or portray sexual activity or intercourse, on any public property, in a vehicle on public property, or on private property so as to be viewed by passerby.
A. 
General. No group of persons shall assemble or congregate with others in any public place.
(1) 
To impede the travel and free passage of pedestrians or vehicles; or
(2) 
With intent to, or so as to, create a breach of the peace.
B. 
Special circumstances. On occasions of fires, accidents, wrecks, parades, or whenever large numbers of people collect on public ways, no person shall interfere with ropes or equipment, break through any barricade, or pass across any established police or fire line, unless authorized by the officer in charge. This provision shall not apply to police, firemen, or other authorized persons. The officer empowered to establish and maintain police or fire lines shall be the senior police officer or senior fire officer, whoever is appropriate.
No person, except a duly authorized police officer, shall discharge within the Town a firearm or any other weapon utilizing an air or gas pressure propulsion, except where lawful in the defense of his person or property.
No person shall intentionally break, damage, carry away, or mutilate property of the Town or its residents. No person shall throw, or cause to be thrown any object against a person or property with the intent to injure, deface, render inoperative, or intimidate.
No person under the age of 18 years shall loiter or congregate on a public way between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless accompanied by an adult.
The Mayor and Common Council of University Park may, upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, offer and pay a reward not to exceed $50 to any person providing information leading to the detection and apprehension of any person vandalizing or criminally destroying any real or personal property of the Town of University Park. Members of the University Park Police Department or other police departments providing such information shall not be eligible for payments under this section.