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Village of Freeport, NY
Nassau County
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It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or allow a discarded refrigerator or one not in use to remain in any place accessible to children unless the latching or locking mechanism on the door or doors of the same are bolted and located in such manner so that it is impossible to open the same by the use of the hands.
[Amended 2-4-1974]
No person shall indulge in disorderly or noisy or disturbing conduct within the Village. Any person who commits any of the following acts will be considered in violation of this provision:
A. 
Offensive language. Uses or indulges in offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting language, conduct or behavior.
B. 
Disorderliness. Acts in such manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct or be offensive to others.
C. 
Loafing and loitering.
(1) 
Congregates, stands, loafs or loiters upon any street, sidewalk, bridge or crossing so as to obstruct the same, hinder or prevent persons passing or attempting or desiring to pass thereon; or to congregate, stand, loaf or loiter in or in front of any hall, lobby, doorway, passage or entrance of any public building, theater, hotel, eating house, lodging house, office building, store, shop, officer or factory or other like building so as to obstruct the same, hinder or prevent persons walking along or into or out of the same or attempting or desiring to do so; or by sitting upon or leaning upon or against any railing or other barrier about any area, entrance, basement or window to obstruct the light or prevent passage of persons or tenants occupying the building to which such area, entrance, basement or window belongs.
(2) 
Loafing and loitering on public property. Congregates, collects, assembles or groups together and after being so collected, assembled or grouped together stands or loiters on any sidewalk, parks on any street comer or at any other place in the Village to the hindrance or obstruction to free passage of any person or persons passing on or along any sidewalk or street in the Village.
D. 
Causing crowd to collect. By his actions causes a crowd to collect, except when lawfully addressing such a crowd.
E. 
Noises. Shouts or makes any other noise, either outside or inside a building, during the nighttime to the annoyance or disturbance of any considerable number of persons.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Regarding unnecessary noise, see also Art. III of this chapter.
F. 
Jostling. Interferes with any persons in any place by jostling against such person or unnecessarily crowding him or by placing a hand in the proximity of such person's pocket, pocketbook or handbag.
G. 
Soliciting alms. Stations himself on the public streets or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms or solicits alms on the public streets unlawfully.
H. 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection H, which pertained to loitering for lewd purposes, was repealed 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 12-1983.
I. 
Disturbances in public conveyances. Causes a disturbance in any railroad car, omnibus or other public conveyance by running through it, climbing through windows or upon the seats or otherwise annoying passengers or employees therein.
J. 
Tampering with municipal property. Damages, destroys or makes improper or unauthorized use of any municipal property, including parks, parking fields or stadiums, or conducts himself in a manner contrary to any notices, rules or regulations of the Village or refuses to obey the orders of any person or persons in authority with respect to the use of or conduct in or with respect to such property.
No person shall appear or be upon any street, sidewalk, highway or in any public hall, park or other public place in the Village in a condition of intoxication.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For additional provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, see Art. II of this chapter.
A. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A, pertaining to lewd acts and gestures, was repealed 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 12-1983.
B. 
Lewd signs and billboards. No person shall expose, display, post, exhibit, paint, print or mark upon any wall or object or place any placard, poster, bill, painting or sign, either as an advertisement or otherwise, upon any building, billboard, wall, fence, tree or other surface, so as to be visible from any street or public place, which shall be of a lewd, indecent, immodest, immoral or vulgar character and such as may be calculated to shock the sense of decency and propriety.
All persons are hereby prohibited from selling any capsule, container or device containing compressed air, compressed gas or any form of explosive or propulsive material, specifically the type of container used for carbonation or aeration of liquids or any device of like nature or similar in construction, to any person below the age of 18 years.
No person shall propel, throw or shoot any missile or solid objects such as stones, snowballs, sticks, metal, bullets or similar materials upon or across or toward any street, sidewalk, highway or other public place in the Village where such act would, in fact or potentially, injure or threaten injury to any person or property.
A. 
Obstruction of aisles prohibited. No person conducting, directing or permitting persons to attend services or meetings in a religious edifice or to attend any performance or other function in a theater, music hall, motion-picture house or any other place of assembly for any purpose whatever shall allow or permit any seats, chairs or other articles to be placed in any of the aisles therein or permit any person to stand or be seated or remain in any of the aisles.
B. 
Smoking. No person shall smoke cigars, cigarettes or pipes or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe into any theater, opera house, motion-picture house or other place of public assembly, except that smoking may be permitted in the loges or balconies of any motion-picture house or theater.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter without authority or to trespass upon or to damage any private property or property owned by or under the control of the Village.
B. 
Any person who, without authority, enters or attempts to enter or who trespasses or attempts to trespass or who damages or attempts to damage any private property or any property owned by or under the control of the Village or who willfully violates, upon Village property, any regulation established by or under the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Village to maintain order and to preserve or safeguard said property shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $25 for each offense, and such violation shall constitute disorderly conduct and the person violating the same shall be a disorderly person.