[Adopted 5-10-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-16]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any act declared to be unlawful under any section of any chapter of this Code shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punished as set forth in § 1-1 of the City Code. Likewise, the failure to do any act or thing required by any section of this Code is declared a misdemeanor and shall be punished as set forth in § 1-1 of the City Code.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to maintain, keep, work in, gather at, visit or patronize any bawdy house or place of business of ill fame, prostitution or where any person or persons can or may visit or gather for immoral, carnal or sexual intercourse within the limits of the City of Walhalla.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. III, Unlawful sexual intercourse prohibited, Sec. IV, Idle, immoral conduct, etc. prohibited, Sec. V, Transportation of women for immoral purposes, Sec. VI, Occupation, etc. of room for immoral purposes, and Sec. VII, Leasing or allowing use of premises for immoral purposes, of Ord. No. 1976-16, which immediately followed this section, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to counsel, advise, incite, abet, procure or aid any other person in the violation of any of the ordinances of the City of Walhalla. Such person shall be held and deemed an accessory.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for anyone to carry about the person, whether concealed or not, any pistol less than 20 inches long and three pounds in weight or for any person to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, rent, barter, exchange or transport for sale into this state any pistol of less length and weight. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days; and in case of a sale, the sum of $100 shall be forfeited to and for the use of the school fund of the county wherein the violation takes place, to be recovered as other fines and forfeitures; provided this section shall not apply to peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties or to the carrying or keeping of pistols by persons while on their own premises nor abridge the right of self-defense.
B. 
In case it shall appear to the satisfaction of the presiding judge or magistrate before whom such offense is tried that the defendant had good reason to fear injury to his person or property and carried the weapon to protect himself or property he may, in his discretion, suspend sentence.
C. 
Carrying concealed weapons a misdemeanor; forfeiture of weapons. Any person carrying a pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor or other deadly weapons usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed about his person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit to the county, or if convicted in a municipal court, to the municipality, the weapon so carried concealed and be fined in the sum of not more than $100 and not less than $20 or be imprisoned not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days, in the discretion of the court. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to persons carrying concealed weapons upon their own premises or to peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties as such.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to tack signs upon, drive nails in, cut, carve upon or in anywise mutilate, damage or interfere with any pole supporting electric, telephone or telegraph wires in the City of Walhalla.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any malicious mischief or boisterous, tumultuous, disorderly, indecent, immoral or riotous conduct of any kind, or do any act or thing which tends to create any disturbance within the limits of the City of Walhalla, or which might disturb the peace, good order, quiet or tranquility of said City.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, aid, abet, counsel or encourage in any fight, quarrel, fracas or affray within the limits of the City of Walhalla.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep, set up or use any gambling or gaming table or other instrument for the purpose of gambling or gaming and/or to engage in any game of cards, dice or other like game for money or other valuable consideration within the corporate limits of the City of Walhalla.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, fire or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearms at any time and anywhere within the limits of the City of Walhalla; provided, however, that if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Municipal Court Judge that such shooting, firing or discharging of said firearms was justified or necessary, the Municipal Court Judge may suspend, in his discretion, any sentence imposed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully expose his person or engage in any other indecent conduct upon the streets or in any public place within the limits of the City of Walhalla. This section does not apply to a woman who breastfeeds her own child in a public place, on property of others, to the view of any person on a street or highway or any other place where a woman and her child are authorized to be.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to steal, take and carry away any goods, chattels, livestock, furniture, fixtures or other personal property of another within the limits of the City of Walhalla.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use vulgar, indecent, obscene, profane, blasphemous, offensive, abusive or quarrelsome language or words in or upon the streets or other public places within the City of Walhalla or at any place in said City where the same may be heard by the public.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. XIX, Public drunkenness, influence of narcotics, etc., of Ord. No. 1976-16, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any person who shall, within the City, buy or receive any goods or chattels which have been feloniously taken or stolen from some other person, knowing the goods or chattels to have been stolen, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to solicit funds within the corporate limits of the City of Walhalla for any purpose whatsoever without first obtaining consent from the City Council in meeting duly assembled, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to citizens of the City of Walhalla who are soliciting funds for local use.
[Amended 6-16-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-9]
It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, buy, fire, explode, light, sell or use within the limits of the City of Walhalla any fireworks, including torpedoes, Roman candles, fire rockets, fire crackers, sky rockets and any and all other forms of fireworks which contain powder, except as specifically approved by the City of Walhalla for special events and which meet Fire Code conditions.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to unlawfully assemble on any street, sidewalk, roadway or other thoroughfare within the City of Walhalla in a manner which shall interfere with the lawful use of such passageways or to hinder the movement of traffic or persons or vehicles in any manner whatsoever.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to distribute, place or leave any handbills, circulars or other form of advertising in or on any motor vehicle parked on the streets of the City of Walhalla or within any public parking area or industrial parking area within the corporate limits of the City of Walhalla.
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, keep, store, receive, have in possession, carry, transport, ship in any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other chattel, or to buy, sell, exchange, barter or deliver any alcoholic liquors unlawfully acquired or which do not bear proper federal and state revenue stamps, or to accept, receive or have in possession for unlawful use.
Any alcoholic liquors found in the possession of anyone within the City of Walhalla not having affixed to the bottle or container the state revenue stamps are hereby declared to be contraband, and the same may be seized without warrant and shall be destroyed by the proper officers.
If any alcoholic liquor in any quantity is sold from any vehicle, vessel or other chattel, or if any alcoholic liquor is possessed, carried, shipped, stored in, kept on or transported in such vehicle, vessel or other chattel in violation of law, such alcoholic liquor and vehicle, vessel or other chattel shall be seized and disposed of according to law.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to appear or to be on the streets of the City of Walhalla or in any public place in the City of Walhalla while under the influence of intoxicating beverage or drugs or while conducting himself in a disorderly manner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or otherwise procure any alcoholic liquor within the City of Walhalla other than that purchased from licensed dealers within said City of Walhalla.