Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of Waynesboro.
Any person who shall willfully make or cause to make any loud, boisterous
and unseemly noise or disturbance to the annoyance of the peaceable residents
nearby or near any public street or alley or public ground within the Borough
whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed
shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
[Amended 3-16-2005 by Ord. No. 1026]
A. Disturbance of the peace is hereby prohibited within the Borough
of Waynesboro. Any person who shall be guilty of any willful act causing or
tending to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the Borough
or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to inhabitants
of the Borough or to users of any of the public streets or alleys or public
places within the Borough or of the quiet and peaceable enjoyment by the public
of places dedicated to the use of the public or who shall fight or quarrel
or incite others to fight or quarrel or who shall publicly make use of any
obscene or indecent or profane language or who shall loaf or loiter or congregate
upon any of the public streets or alleys or public grounds in the Borough
to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby or traveling upon any street
or alley or being lawfully upon any of the public grounds in the Borough whereby
the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed shall
be guilty of disturbance of the peace.
B. Disturbance of the peace shall also include:
(1) Obstructing any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other place or building, by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder
or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
(2) Committing in or upon any public street, public highway, public
sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an
obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property
or with any business, or anyone lawfully conducting business in or upon or
facing or fronting on any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or
any other public place or building, which prevents the free and uninterrupted
ingress, egress and regress therein or thereto.
C. Any person committing or causing any of the conditions set forth in §
190-2B(1) and
(2) herein shall stop committing or causing such conditions and move on or disperse when ordered to do so by any police or law enforcement officer. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such an order or orders shall be guilty of violating this chapter.
[Amended 3-16-2005 by Ord. No. 1026]
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be subject
to a fine of $50 for the first offense and a fine of $100 for the second and
subsequent offenses.