[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Tamaqua 3-14-1950 by Ord. No. 213 (Ch. VII, of the 1971 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 4-13-1971 by Ord. No. 304(17)]
A. 
Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of Tamaqua. Any person who shall willfully make or cause to be made any loud, boisterous and unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the peaceable residents nearby, or near to any public street or alley, or public ground within the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed, shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
B. 
Disturbance of the peace is hereby prohibited within the Borough of Tamaqua. Any person who shall be guilty of any willful act causing or tending to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the Borough, or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to inhabitants of the Borough or to users of any of the public streets or alleys in the Borough; or who shall fight or quarrel or incite others to fight or quarrel; or who shall publicly make use of obscene or indecent language; or who shall loaf or loiter or congregate upon any of the public streets or alleys or public grounds in the Borough, to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby or traveling upon any street or alley or being lawfully upon any of the public grounds in the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed shall be guilty of disturbance of the peace.
C. 
Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Schuylkill County correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]