[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Edmonston 2-10-1997 by Ord.
No. 96-002 (Ch. 35 of the 1997 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, without lawful authority
so to do, to destroy, injure, mutilate, deface, remove or otherwise
interfere with any property of the Town of Edmonston or to interfere
in any way with any of the sewers or drains in the Town or to cut
or mutilate any of the shade trees in the parking or along the streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or to interfere
with any officer of the Town in the legal discharge of his duties.
It shall be unlawful for any person to indecently expose his/her
person.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than an officer in
the line of duty or a person in the necessary defense of his life
or property to discharge any firearm of any kind, or any air rifle,
within the Town; nor shall any person other than a law enforcement
officer have in his or her possession while on the streets of the
Town any revolver, pistol, blackjack, brass knuckles, razor or other
dangerous weapon, except guns used for the hunting of game, which
shall be carried unloaded and "broke."
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw any stone, fireworks
or other missile of any kind in the Town of Edmonston in any way that
is likely to do harm or injury to any person or property, or in such
a manner as to cause reasonable apprehension of such harm or injury.
No glass, nails, tacks or other articles shall be thrown or broken
in the streets which would be injurious to automobile tires or other
vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb the peace and
quiet of the neighborhood by loud and unseemly noise, by fighting,
by using profane or vulgar language, by making rude or insulting remarks,
by being drunk or by being disorderly; nor shall any person disturb
any religious worship or any public meeting.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drink any alcoholic beverage
on any street within the Town of Edmonston.
It shall be unlawful to exhibit any obscene picture or obscene
writing to any minor within the Town.
It shall be unlawful for any tramp, vagrant or beggar to beg
or solicit anything of value in the Town of Edmonston.
It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to keep
or maintain a disorderly house in Edmonston. A "disorderly house,"
within the meaning of this section, is hereby defined to be any building
in which any immoral or illegal conduct is carried on with the knowledge
of the owner, tenant or occupant of said building.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give tobacco
in any form to any child under the age of 18 years.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to operate a
gambling house or a place where wagers or bets are taken within the
Town of Edmonston, or knowingly let or lease a house or any part thereof
to be so kept or used.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be
operated within the Town any manufacturing or industrial plant or
place of business so as to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood
between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time on Sunday.
It shall be unlawful for any person, be he/she a licensed dealer
or not, to sell, barter or give away shotguns, fowling pieces, rifles
or any firearms whatsoever, or any ammunition, powder, shot or shells
for any deadly weapon, to any minor under the age of 21 years.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to obstruct or
hinder the free passage of persons passing along or by any public
street or highway within the limits of the Town of Edmonston.
It shall be unlawful for persons to congregate in crowds in
any paved area of a public street or highway within the limits of
the Town of Edmonston or for the members thereof to engage in disorderly
conduct or to indulge in loud, boisterous or profane language.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enter upon
or cross over the land, premises or private property of another in
the Town of Edmonston or on or over any property which is posted against
trespassers in a conspicuous manner.
[Amended 11-13-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-O-012]
It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator or person in charge
of a vehicle vending ice cream, soft drinks or other products on the
streets or highways of the Town of Edmonston to ring or permit the
ringing of bells continuously by electronic means except for mechanical
bells or operate any other signaling device playing music or voice
at anytime.
A. Any person who shall violate the provisions of § 35-26
shall be subject to the penalty provisions contained therein.
B. Any person who shall violate §§
360-1,
360-2,
360-3,
360-4,
360-5,
360-6,
360-8,
360-10,
360-12,
360-13,
360-14,
360-15,
360-16 and
360-17 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 and six months in jail.
C. Any person who shall violate §§
360-7,
360-9,
360-11 and
360-18 shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and shall be subject to a fine in the amount of $50.
[Amended 11-13-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-O-012]