As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
- LOITERING
- Remaining idle in essentially one location within the Borough
of Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and shall include the concepts
of spending time idly, loafing, or walking about aimlessly, and shall
also include the colloquial expression "hanging around."
Whenever the presence of any person in any public
place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated
in §
150-2, any police officer may order that person to
leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being
ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation
of this section.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating the
provisions of this chapter shall be punishable for each offense by
a maximum fine of $300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days,
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.