The purpose of this chapter is to preserve the
public health, peace and good order and to protect public and private
property from vandalism and graffiti, by suppressing the making, creation
or maintenance of excessive, unnecessary, unnatural or unusually loud
noises which are prolonged, unusual and unnatural in their time, place
and use and which are detrimental to the environment. Acts of vandalism
on public and private property, such as, but not limited to, streetlights,
cemeteries, buildings and structures will not be tolerated.
In any cemetery in the Village of Athens, no
person shall:
A. Commit any nuisance or deposit any filth or unclean
or offensive substance; or
B. Commit any immoral act; or
C. Use an intoxicating liquor as a beverage; or
D. Drive any vehicle over or on any burial lot, sidewalk
or footpath without the consent of the owner thereof; or
E. Deface, damage or remove any marker or monument.
No person shall willfully deface, injure, break
or destroy any lamp, supporter or part thereof or any globe, wire,
fixture or protection of such lamp, lamppost or lamp support or part
thereof, or willfully meddle with or light any lamp or obstruct or
extinguish the light thereof on any public street, avenue, sidewalk,
lane, alley or in any public place in the Village of Athens.
Willful damage or destruction of public buildings,
structures, docks, bandstands and other property owned by the Village
of Athens is forbidden.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of the chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Article
I, General Penalty, of Chapter
1, General Provisions, of the Code of the Village of Athens.