[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Markesan
as Ch. 9, Secs. 9.07 and 9.25, of the 1991 Municipal Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall loiter or prowl in a place at a time or in a
manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that
warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity.
Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether
such alarm is warranted is the fact that the person takes flight upon
appearance of a police or peace officer or manifestly endeavors to
conceal himself or any object. Unless flight by the person or other
circumstances makes it impracticable, a police or peace officer shall,
prior to any arrest for an offense under this section, afford the
person an opportunity to dispel any alarm which would otherwise be
warranted by requesting him to explain his presence and conduct. No
person shall be convicted of an offense under this subsection if the
police or peace officer did not comply with the preceding sentence,
or if it appears, at trial, that the explanation given by the person
was true and, if believed by the police or peace officer at the time,
would have dispelled the alarm.
No person shall obstruct any street, bridge, sidewalk or crossing
by lounging or loitering in or upon the same after being requested
to move on by any police officer.
No person shall loaf or loiter in groups or crowds upon the
public streets, alleys, sidewalks, street crossings or bridges or
in any other public place within the City in such manner as to prevent,
interfere with or obstruct the ordinary free use of such public sidewalks,
streets, street crossings and bridges or other public places by persons
passing along and over the same.
No person shall loaf or loiter in groups or crowds upon the
public streets, sidewalks or adjacent doorways or entrances, street
crossings or bridges or in any other public place or on any private
premises without invitation from the owner or occupant after being
requested to move by any police officer or by any person in authority
at such places.
No person shall loiter, lounge or loaf in or about any depot,
theater, dance hall, restaurant, store, public sidewalk, public parking
lot or other place of assembly or public use after being requested
to move by the owner or person in charge or any police officer. Upon
being requested to move, a person shall immediately comply with such
request by leaving the premises or area thereof at the time of the
request.
No person not in official attendance or on official school business
shall enter into, congregate, loiter, wander or stand in or on any
school property within the City between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on
official school days.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-3 of the Code of the City of Markesan.
