[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Lincoln 11-20-1979 (Ch. 13, Art. I, §§ 13-1 and 13-2, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Disorderly conduct — See Ch. 101.
Malicious mischief — See Ch. 171.
Congregating in parking lots — See Ch. 180, Art. II.
Conduct in parks — See Ch. 183.
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Municipal authority to ordain ordinances to prevent loitering — See R.I.G.L. § 45-6-1.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include the concept of spending time idly, to be dilatory, to linger, to stay, to saunter, to delay, to stand around, and shall also include the colloquial expression “hanging around.”
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
A. 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
B. 
Commit 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 lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto.
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in § 167-2 herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.