[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Lower Allen 6-10-1985 (Art. 707 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases or words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context in which the word is used clearly indicates otherwise:
OBSTRUCT
To render impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, organization or corporation.
PUBLIC
Affecting or likely to affect persons in a place to which the public or a substantial group has access, not limited to but including highways, alleys, thoroughfares, sidewalks, parks, transport facilities, schools, apartment houses, places of business or amusement or any neighborhood.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Lower Allen, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
B. 
The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Amended 11-10-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16]
A person is guilty of disorderly practice if in a public place with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
A. 
Engages in fighting or threatening or in violent or tumultuous behavior.
B. 
Makes unreasonable noise or offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display or addresses abusive language to any person present.
C. 
Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
D. 
Appears in any public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other drug, not therapeutically administered, to the degree that he may endanger himself or other persons or property, or annoy persons in his vicinity.
E. 
Having no legal privilege to do so, purposely or recklessly obstructs any highway, street, alley, thoroughfare, sidewalk or public ground of the Township, whether alone or with others, except that no person shall be guilty of violating this subsection solely because of a gathering of persons to hear him speak or otherwise communicate, or solely because of being a member of such a gathering.
F. 
Refuses to obey a reasonable official request or order to move:
(1) 
To prevent obstruction of a highway, street, alley, thoroughfare, sidewalk or other public passage.
(2) 
To maintain public safety by dispersing those gathered in dangerous proximity to a fire or other hazard.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than $25 and not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or, in default of the payment of such fines and costs, shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days.