[Ord. 18, 8/14/1972, § 1]
Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of
Hughesville. Any person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made
any loud, boisterous and unseemly noise or disturbance, to the annoyance
of the peaceable residents nearby, or near to any public street or
alley, or public ground within the Borough, whereby the public peace
is broken or disturbed or the traveling public annoyed, shall be guilty
of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. 18, 8/14/1972, § 2; as amended by Ord. 2-1986,
2/10/1986; and by Ord. No. 2-2012, 8/13/2012]
1.
Disturbing
the peace is hereby prohibited within the Borough of Hughesville.
Any person who shall willfully commit any of the following acts shall
be guilty of disturbing the peace:
A.
Cause the screeching of automobile tires by rapid acceleration in
starting or turning, or by use of excessive speed when traversing
corners or curves; or
B.
Making unusual or excessive noise with an automobile or motorcycle
exhaust system or horn; or
C.
Using loud or obscene language in public places or on the streets
and alleys; or
D.
Fighting, quarreling or inciting others to fight or quarrel in public
places.
2.
If
any of the above acts shall in any legal proceedings be held void
or unenforceable, the remaining portions hereof shall remain in full
force and effect.
[Ord. 18, 8/14/1972, § 3]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of § 1
or 2 of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to
pay fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 1]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any way whatsoever,
or tamper with or deface any public property of the Borough of Hughesville,
or of any authority established by the Borough, or any grass, walk,
lamp, ornamental work, building, street light, fire hydrant or water
or gas stop box in any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public
grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 2]
No person or persons shall in any manner interfere with or meddle
with or pull, drive, change, alter or destroy any stake, post, monument
or other evidence of any elevation, grade, line, location, corner
or angle in the Borough of Hughesville, made, placed or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of the
Borough in any survey or in any street, alley or public ground in
the Borough, to evidence the elevation, line, grade, location, corner
or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, curb, sewer
or other public work, matter or thing.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 3]
No person shall willfully or maliciously destroy or remove or
deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign or barricade
erected by the authorities of the Borough or by any person, firm or
corporation doing work by permission of the authorities of the Borough,
on any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or bridges in the Borough,
as a warning of danger.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 4]
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone, or other material
from any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in
the Borough.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 5]
Sections 5 to 10 of this chapter shall not apply to normal activities
in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of streets,
alleys, sidewalks and public grounds and the structures and fixtures
located thereon, or to incidental results of work thereon upon permit
from or by authority of the Borough.
[Ord. 8, 8/14/1972, § 6]
Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions
of §§ 5 to 10 of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100 and costs
of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided: the fact that a
violator has been penalized, after hearing, as herein provided, shall
not preclude the Borough or other injured party from taking proper
legal action to recover damages resulting from such violation.
[Ord. 9-1977, 12/12/1977; as amended by Ord. No. 2-2012,
8/13/2012]
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand
or remain idle, either alone and/or in consort with others in a public
place in such a matter to:
A.
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any
other public place or building by hindering or impeding or intending
to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicle
traffic or pedestrian traffic; or
B.
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an
obstruction or interference to the free or uninterrupted use of property
or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in such public street,
public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building,
all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress,
and regress therein, thereon, and thereto; or
C.
Remain in any public place of business or entertainment for more
than 15 minutes after the conclusion of their business at the public
place; or
D.
Remain in any public place after being requested/directed to leave
the public place by the owner or employee of the public place; or
E.
Congregate or loaf in cars or vehicles parked in the streets, public
parking areas, or public highways of said Borough, and blow horns,
play radios and tape recorders or make any loud, boisterous and unseemly
noise or disturbance, to the annoyance of the peaceable inhabitants
nearby or near to any public highway in said Borough.
[Ord. No. 2-2012, 8/13/2012]
1.
LOITERING
PUBLIC PLACE
As used in this Part:
Remaining idle in essentially one location, and shall include
the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay;
to saunter; to delay; to stand around; and shall also include the
colloquial expression "hanging around."
Any place to which the general public has access and a right
to resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose, but
does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the
public. It shall also include the immediate area in front of any store,
shop, restaurant, tavern, or other place of business, and also public
grounds, such as parks or any sidewalk in front of a business, residence
or public ground.
[Ord. No. 2-2012, 8/13/2012]
1.
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated
in § 10, a police officer or any law enforcement officer
shall order that person to stop committing such conditions and to
move on or disperse. Any person ordered to move on or disperse must
leave the public place immediately and may not return for one hour.
Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty
of a violation of this Part.
2.
Any person who violates any provisions of this Part shall be subject
to a minimum fine of $100 but not to exceed a maximum fine of $500.
