[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Lindenwold 5-21-1973 by Ord. No. 321 (Ch. 143 of the 1981 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Remaining idle in essentially one location, and includes
the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly,
and also includes the colloquial expression "hanging around."
Includes any adult person having care or custody of a minor,
whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or
otherwise.
Any place to which the public has access, and includes any
street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the
front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or
other place of business, and public grounds, areas, parks, as well
as parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by or under
the control of the person charged with violating this chapter, or
in the case of a minor, not owned by or under the control of his parent
or guardian.
No person shall loiter in a public place in such manner as to:
A.Â
Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach of the peace.
B.Â
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the
comfort and repose of any person.
C.Â
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
D.Â
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public place as defined in § 195-1. This subsection shall include the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to whom or in whose hearing they are made.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in § 195-2, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, 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 chapter.
No parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 18 years shall
knowingly permit that minor to loiter in violation of this chapter.
Whenever any minor under the age of 18 years is charged with
a violation of this chapter, his parent or guardian shall be notified
of this fact by the Chief of Police or any other person designated
by him to give such notice.
If at any time within 30 days following the giving of notice as provided in § 195-5 the minor to whom such notice relates again violates this chapter, it shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the minor did so with the knowledge and permission of his parent or guardian.
