[Prior code § 3-18.1; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
The following definitions shall apply within this chapter:
LOITERING
To delay an activity with endless idle stops and pauses, to remain in an area for no obvious reason.
PARENT or GUARDIAN
Any adult person having care or custody of a minor, whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court, or as otherwise provided by law.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access, and includes any street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern, or other place of business, and public grounds, areas and parks, as well as parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by or under the control of the person charged with violating this section or, in the case of a minor, not owned or under the control of his or her parent or guardian.
[Prior code § 3-18.2; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
No person shall loiter in such a 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 disturbance or annoyance to the comfort and repose of any person or persons in the Borough;
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 Section 9.24.010.
[Prior code § 3-18.3; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in Section 9.24.020, he or she may, if he or she deems it necessary for the preservation of public peace, or safety, or welfare of any person, 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 chapter.
[Prior code § 3-18.4; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
No parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 18 years shall knowingly permit that minor to loiter in violation of this chapter.
[Prior code § 3-18.5; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
Whenever any minor under the age of 18 years is charged with a violation of this chapter, his or her parent or guardian shall be notified of this fact by the chief of police, police officer at the scene of the offense, or any other person designated by him or her to give such notice.
[Prior code § 3-18.6; amended by Ord. 81-16 § 2, 1981]
If at any time during the 30 days following the giving of notice, as provided in Section 9.24.050, the minor to whom such notice relates again violates this chapter, it shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the minor did so with the knowledge and permission of his or her parent or guardian.