[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City 8-26-1968 as Ch. 33 of the 1968 Code; amended in its entirety 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 86.
Animals — See Ch. 89.
Littering — See Ch. 160.
Noise — See Ch. 166.
Nuisances — See Ch. 169.
No person shall burn any waste, brush, trash or other materials in the open air in the City except as authorized by a permit issued by the Fire Marshal or the Fire Chief.
No person shall throw any ball, brick or other missile on the public streets of the City.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearms or air guns or fireworks within the City, except by special permit authorized by the Mayor and City Council or the City Manager, provided that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law from discharging a firearm in the performance of his or her duty or to prohibit any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending his or her person or property.
A. 
No person shall act in a disorderly manner or use any profane, indecent or obscene language in the hearing or in the presence of other persons within the City.
B. 
No persons shall obstruct at any time the free, unhampered passage of pedestrians or vehicles on any sidewalk or street in the City.
C. 
No persons shall obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully upon any street, park or other public place in the City.
D. 
No persons shall refuse to move on when so requested by a police officer when failure to do so may, in the opinion of the officer, result in a breach of the peace, provided that the officer has exercised reasonable discretion under the circumstances in order to preserve or promote peace and good order.
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverage on any street, sidewalk or public or private parking lot or other public way or in any motor vehicle situated thereon.
No person shall willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, deface or molest any real or personal property of another.
A violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be a municipal infraction and shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time.[1]
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Editor's Note: The current Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule is on file in the City Clerk's office.