As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
LOITER
To stand idle, to move slowly about in a small area, to dawdle, lounge,
hang around, linger idly or aimlessly, or any combination of them.
No person shall loiter in a public building or other public place in
such a manner as to:
A. Create or cause to be created a danger or a breach of
the peace; or
B. Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance
to the comfort or repose of any person; or
C. Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles;
or
D. Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully
in any public place, including the making of remarks of an offensive, disgusting
or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person
to whom or in whose hearing they are made.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide a person is loitering in a public building or other public place in any manner described in §
293-2 hereof, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace or safety, order that person to leave the place. Any person who shall fail or refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by the police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.