[R.O. 2011 § 340.010; R.O. 2009
§ 72.002; CC 1981 § 18-423; Ord. No. 88-46, 3-25-1988; Ord. No. 22-075, 6-21-2022]
A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Section,
the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates
or requires a different meaning.
ROADWAY
The portion of a street or highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
"Roadway" includes lanes commonly used for parking.
SIDEWALK
The portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral
lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for use
of pedestrians.
STREETS and HIGHWAYS
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Obstruct in any manner any public street, public highway, public
sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding
the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
2. Commit any act or place any object in or upon any public street,
public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building
which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted
use of such property or to any business lawfully conducted by anyone
in, upon, 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, thereon
and thereto.
C. When any person causes or commits any of the conditions or acts enumerated in Subsections
(B)(1) or
(2) above, any Law Enforcement Officer shall order such person to cease and desist in such act or acts and to move on or to disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such an order shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.