[Ord. 93-O-11, 5/26/1993, § 1]
1.
No person shall loiter or prowl around a dwelling house or business
or any place used wholly or in part for living or dwelling purposes
or business, belonging to or occupied by another, or vacant building
in Newtown Township.
2.
It shall be unlawful to loaf, loiter or stand upon any of the sidewalks,
roads or other public highways or places or in any way interfere with
free and full passage of vehicular or pedestrian traffic thereon in
Newtown Township.
3.
No persons shall congregate and loiter or loaf in or about shopping
centers or parking lots in Newtown Township without the express permission
of the owner. The burden of proving permission shall be on the person
or persons who are congregating, loitering or loafing at the shopping
center or parking lot.
[Ord. 93-O-11, 5/26/1993, § 1; as amended by Ord.
97-O-22, 12/3/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100 plus costs for a
first offense and not more than $1,000 plus costs for each and every
subsequent offense and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
