[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Pawtucket as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Sec. 12-11 of the
1966 Code]
No person shall loiter, lounge or sleep in or
upon any street, park or public place or in any public building, or
obstruct the access to any public building or any part thereof, or
obstruct passage through or upon any public street, park or public
place.
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Encompasses, but shall not necessarily be limited to, one
or more of the following acts:
Obstruction of the free, unhampered passage
of pedestrians or vehicles.
Obstructing, molesting or interfering with any
person lawfully upon any street, park or other public place.
Remaining idle in essentially one location without
being able to establish having a legitimate business or purpose in
so remaining idle, or, by general conduct, exhibiting the absence
of a lawful purpose in so remaining idle.
Conduct involving the concept of standing idly
by, loafing, walking about aimlessly without purpose and including
the colloquial expression of "hanging around."
Refusing to move on when so requested by a peace
officer, provided that the peace officer has exercised his or her
discretion reasonably under the circumstances in order to preserve
or promote public peace and order.
Includes the quasi-public area in front of or adjacent to
any store, shop, restaurant, luncheonette or other place of business
and shall include also any parking lots or other vacant private property
not owned or under the dominion of the person charged with the violation
of this section.
[Added 9-21-1972 by Ch. No. 1365; 5-24-2018 by Ch. No. 3160]
Fines shall be $75 for each offense.
[Approved 10-1-1991 by Ch. No. 2221]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand
or wander in or near any public highway or street, or any public or
private place in the City of Pawtucket, and attempt to engage passersby
in conversation, or stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles, for the
purpose of prostitution or other indecent act, or to patronize or
induce or otherwise secure a person to commit any such act.
[Amended 5-24-2018 by Ch. No. 3160].
