[Adopted 11-11-1976 by Ord. No. 1234,
approved 11-11-1976]
A.
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct under this article
if he or she, while on or in a public sidewalk, street, alley, park, square
or common, or while on private property near to a public sidewalk, street,
alley, park, square or common without license or invitation from the owner
to be there, within the Borough of Carlisle, willfully makes or causes to
be made, including but not limited to making by the use of a radio, phonograph,
tape player or other electric or electronic device, any loud, boisterous and
unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the peaceable public nearby,
whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 1354,
approved 7-29-1980]
B.
For purposes of the provisions of Subsection A of this section respecting the public as to whom annoyance may be caused or peace may be broken or disturbed, a police officer shall qualify as a member of such public and may testify as such for either prosecution or defense where he or she was a seeing or hearing witness to the alleged offense.
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he or she, while on the
public sidewalk, street or alley, or while on private property without license
or invitation from the owner to be there, uses obscene language or makes obscene
gestures toward a member of the public with intent to cause public annoyance
or recklessly creating a risk of the same.
[Added 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 1354,
approved 7-29-1980]
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he or she throws, drops,
places or deposits upon any public sidewalk, street, alley, avenue, park,
square or common, or upon private property without license or invitation from
the owner, any wastepaper, sweepings, ashes, household waste, glass, metal,
cardboard, refuse, rubbish or any dangerous or detrimental substance.
Nothing herein is intended to invalidate any other ordinance or any
commonwealth or federal law proscribing conduct of any type.
[Amended 7-29-1980 by Ord. No. 1354,
approved 7-29-1980; 3-10-1988 by Ord.
No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, as amended,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than 30 days.
