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Borough of Coopersburg, PA
Lehigh County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Coopersburg 10-12-1993 by Ord. No. 489 (Ch. 6, Part 1 of the 1996 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Firearms — See Ch. 122.
Public property protection — See Ch. 161.
Any person who shall, by any act, work or conduct cause or tend to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the Borough, or cause, or tend to cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to any of the inhabitants of the Borough or users of the Borough thoroughfares; or who shall willfully make any loud, boisterous or unseemly noise or disturbance; or who shall fight or quarrel or incite others to fight or quarrel; or who shall publicly make use of obscene or indecent language; or who shall loaf or loiter or congregate upon any of the public streets or alleys or public grounds in the Borough of Coopersburg, to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby or traveling upon any street or alley or being lawfully upon any of the public grounds of the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
Any person who shall willfully cut, mark or deface any tree, building or any other personal property in the Borough shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
Any person who shall discharge wantonly and without any justifiable purpose any gun, pistol or other firearms, at any place, or within any house of the Borough, or in any of the highways thereof shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
Any person who shall be publicly drunk and disorderly, or lewdly or immodestly exposed in the Borough shall be guilty of disorderly conduct.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 509]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, upon default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.