[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Manchester 1-19-1976 by L.L.
No. 1-1976 (Ch. 58 of the 1980 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall assemble or loiter upon the streets
of the Village of Manchester or in doorways or stairways adjacent
thereto or collect in crowds thereon for unlawful or idle purposes,
or commit disorderly, profane, vulgar or obscene acts in said places,
or annoy or disturb citizens or travelers thereon, or engage in riotous
or tumultuous conduct within said Village or disturb the peace and
quiet of said Village or of any lawful meeting or assembly held therein.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in § 188-1 above, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
