[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of the Branch as Ch. 59 of the 1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the
following meanings:
Any wheeled vehicle capable of carrying one or more passengers
and powered by an internal combustion engine.
Renders impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or
hazard.
Affecting or likely to affect persons in a place to which
the public or a substantial group has access.
Any public street, highway, road, alley, park, sidewalk,
playground, public building or vacant lot.
A person is guilty of an offense against the provisions of this
chapter if he or she willfully or recklessly, with disregard for the
rights of others:
A.Â
Engages in fighting or threatening to fight, or in violent or tumultuous
behavior.
B.Â
Makes an unreasonable noise or offensive, coarse or lewd utterance,
gesture or display, or addresses abusive or lewd language to any person.
C.Â
Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act
which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
D.Â
Appears in any public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol,
narcotics or other drugs, not therapeutically administered, to the
degree that he or she may endanger himself or other persons or property
or annoy persons in his vicinity.
E.Â
Having no legal privilege to do so, intentionally or recklessly obstructs
any highway or other public passage, whether alone or with others.
G.Â
Creates or participates in the creation of a condition that is dangerous
and threatens destruction or damage to the property of the public
or of private persons.
