[Adopted 10-26-1999 by Ord. No. 87 (Ch. 16, Art. V, of the
2007 Code of Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PUBLIC PLACE
A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons
has access, and shall include but is not limited to highways, parks,
transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parking areas
and playgrounds, and hallways and stairs, lobbies, and other portions
of apartment houses not constituting rooms or apartments designed
for actual residence.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or assist in making
any noise, disturbance, trouble, or improper diversion, or any riot,
by which the peace and good order of the Township are disturbed.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or suffer any
place occupied or controlled by him to be a resort for noisy, boisterous
or disorderly persons.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any disturbance,
fight or quarrel in a public place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to utter or use language
or make gestures, or any combination thereof, toward any person which
may be intended to or likely to encourage, induce or incite altercations,
breaches of the peace or riotous behavior or conduct by another person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be drunk or intoxicated
or to be under the influence of a drug or controlled substance as
defined by state law, or any combination thereof in a public place
and either endanger directly the safety of another person or of property,
or act in a manner that causes a public disturbance.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the Township to loiter,
loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with
others in a public place in such manner so as to:
A. Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any
other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending
to hinder to impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles,
traffic, or pedestrians after having been told to move on by a police
officer.
B. Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an
obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property
or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or 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, after having been
told to move on by a police officer.
C. Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing
for some lawful purpose, or contrary to the expressed wish of the
owner, lessee, managing agent, or person in control or charge of the
building or premises.
It is unlawful and constitutes an unlawful assembly for a person
within the Township to assemble or act in concert with four or more
persons for the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting the crime
of riot.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to disperse
if such person participates with two or more other persons in a course
of disorderly conduct likely to cause harm or inconvenience, annoyance,
or alarm, and intentionally refuses or fails to disperse when ordered
to do so by a peace officer or other public servant engaged in enforcing
or executing the law.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any dog
which by loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping, howling or other
noise materially disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood
or public, or causes annoyance to persons in the neighborhood who
are of reasonable and ordinary sensibilities.