[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of
Vicksburg 9-17-1962 by Ord. No.
68; amended in its entirety 3-20-1978 by Ord. No. 123 (Ch. 38, Art. IV, Div.
2, Secs. 38-111 and 38-112, of the 1995 Village Code). Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Any person who shall do any act or engage in any practice enumerated in §
200-2, as well as any person who shall aid and abet another to do any such act or engage in such practice.
No person shall be disorderly in the Village. Disorderly conduct
shall include, but not be limited to, the following acts or practices:
A. Intoxication in a public place and either endangering directly the
safety of another person or of property or acting in a manner which
causes a public disturbance.
B. Being under the influence of any narcotic drugs.
C. Drinking any alcoholic liquor in or on any public street, park or
place.
D. Discharging any firearms, air rifle, or other dangerous weapon within
or into the Village, or possessing any such dangerous weapon in any
public street, park or place unless the weapon is licensed as required
by law or securely wrapped or encased.
E. Engaging in any window peeping.
F. Swimming or bathing in the nude in any public place.
G. Uttering any vile, blasphemous, vulgar or obscene language in any
public place or in such a way as to subject the public to such language.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
H. Making any indecent exposure of one's person.
I. Wilfully destroying or damaging or in any manner defacing, destroying,
injuring or tampering with any property not his or her own, or marking
or posting handbills on or in any manner marring the walls of any
public building or any fence, tree or pole within the Village, or
taking or meddling with any property belonging to the Village, or
removing the same from the building or place where it may be kept,
placed, standing or stored without authority from the custodian of
such property.
J. Accosting, molesting or otherwise annoying, either by word of mouth,
whistle, or by sign or motion, any person in any public place.
K. Spitting on any street or sidewalk, or in any public carrier, public
building, or place of public assemblage, except in receptacles placed
there for such purposes.
L. Collecting or standing in crowds or arranging, encouraging or abetting
the collection of persons in crowds for illegal or mischievous purposes
in any public place.
M. Engaging in any disturbance, fight or quarrel in any public place.
N. Jostling or roughly crowding persons in any street, alley, park or
public building.
O. Conducting oneself in any public place so as to obstruct the free
and uninterrupted passage of the public.
P. Engaging in prostitution or soliciting or accosting any person for
the purpose of inducing the commission of any illegal or immoral act.
Q. Keeping or maintaining or permitting the use of a gambling room,
table or equipment, or any policy or pool tickets, to be used for
gambling on any premises occupied or controlled by such person.
R. Conducting or attending any cockfight or dogfight.
S. Placing, receiving or transmitting any bet on the outcome of any
race, contest or game of any kind whatsoever.
T. Permitting or suffering any place occupied or controlled by a person
to be a resort of noisy, boisterous or disorderly persons.
U. Disturbing the public peace and quiet by loud, boisterous or vulgar
conduct.
V. Obstructing, resisting, hindering or opposing any member of the police
force or any peace officer in the discharge of his or her duties as
such.
W. Entering any garden or orchard located within the Village without
the consent of the owner or tenant, or his or her agent, and there
cut down, damage, destroy, eat or carry away any portion of such garden,
including any growing thing, crop, tree, timber, grass, seed, soil,
fertilizer, water supply, tool, implement, fence, or any other protective
device or any other thing used for the development, cultivation, maintenance
and use of the gardens or orchards.
X. Disturbing any service of worship or any other assembly gathered
for lawful purposes.
Y. Knowingly selling, giving or furnishing liquor or beer to any drunken,
intoxicated or disorderly person or to any habitual drunkard.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punished as provided in §
1-6 of the Village Code.