Borough of Pleasant Hills, PA General Provisions

It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons:

To be guilty of a breach of the peace, vagrancy, disorderly conduct, or to engage in fighting or to incite others to fight, or to engage in any unlawful act tending to imperil the personal security or to endanger or injure property within the Borough;

To use loud boisterous, profane, blasphemous, or indecent or immoral language upon or near any of the public highways or public places or in a manner so as to annoy residents in the neighborhood, or to make any unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the residents near by.

To commit any act of lewdness or public indecency or exposure of person, or to become intoxicated.

To loaf, loiter or stand upon any of the sidewalks or other public highways or places, so as to interfere with the free and full passage of residents or travelers.

To set up, maintain, open or conduct any gambling place or device; immoral show, entertainment, or exhibition, unlawful drinking place, resort or house of prostitution; or to be gathered in or participate in the operation of the same, or to be a patron thereof.

To carry concealed any deadly weapons, unless authorized by law, or to discharge any gun or firearm, unless in defense of person or property; to possess, use or offer for sale any fireworks of any character except those fireworks which are permitted as consumer fireworks subject to the definition of "consumer fireworks" as set forth in Act 43 of 2017,[1] and further subject to the conditions and prohibitions set forth in Section 2404 of Act 43 of 2017, as may be amended, subject to the exceptions as described in Subsection F(1) below.[2] Further, it shall be unlawful for any person, at any time, to throw on or into any highway any stones, snowballs or other material, or to raise any false alarm of fire.

[Amended 6-15-2009 by Ord. No. 905; 8-19-2019 by Ord. No. 1023]

(1)

Exclusions. Those fireworks which satisfy the definition of "consumer fireworks" as well as those which are set forth in Section 2401 of Act 43 of 2017,[3] as may be amended, are hereby recognized as being excluded from the prohibition of fireworks set forth above. Further, consumer fireworks shall include any ground and hand-held sparkling devices, novelties or toy caps, as set forth in APA 87-1 or any successor standard as the sale, possession and use of such items is recognized as permitted under Pennsylvania law, as may be amended.[4]

[3]

Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 9401 et seq.

[4]

Editor's Note: See also Ch. 258, Art. V, Consumer Fireworks.

[1]

Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 9401 et seq.

[2]

Editor's Note: See also Ch. 258, Art. V, Consumer Fireworks.

To interfere with Borough police officers, resist arrest or fail to render assistance to the police officer when called upon by him; or to tamper with, destroy, or otherwise interfere with any lights, guard rails, signs or other property or materials placed in public places by the Borough or any of its officials.