[HISTORY: Adopted by City Council of the City of Lock Haven
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Firearms and other weapons — See Ch. 241.
[Adopted 3-5-2018 by Ord.
No. 982]
The City of Lock Haven intends to preserve the health, safety,
and welfare of the residents, downtown, and neighborhoods in the municipality
of eliminating public urination and defecation.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
A urinal, toilet, commode or other facility that accommodates
or is designed for the sanitary disposal of human bodily fluids or
waste and that is enclosed from public view.
Any walkway, street, highway, sidewalk, building facade,
bridge, overpass, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, transportation
facility, park, recreational area, parking lot, vacant or undeveloped
lot or the stairwells, alcoves, doorways and entranceways to such
places.
A.
Any person who urinates or defecates in, on, or about any of the
following places, other than in an appropriate sanitary facility,
commits a violation:
B.
It is a separate violation for any person who has urinated or defecated
in, or about any public place, other than in an appropriate sanitary
facility, to fail to clean or remove the material deposited immediately,
or to fail to dispose immediately of the material used in the cleaning
or removal process in a container designed for such disposal.
A.
Any person who violates § 302-3 is guilty of a summary offense punishable by a fine of not less than $250 for the first offense and $500 for any subsequent offense plus court costs for each violation.
B.
A penalty provided for under Subsection A of this section may be imposed in addition to any penalty that may be imposed for any other criminal offense arising from the same conduct.
C.
Each act of violation and every day upon which such violation occurs
shall constitute a separate offense.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word,
or other portion of this article is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional
or invalid, in whole, or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality
or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this article, which remaining portions shall continue in full force
and effect.
This article shall take effect 20 days following its final passage
and adoption.
