All misdemeanors named in the penal code and civil statutes of the state for which the municipal court has jurisdiction are hereby declared to be offenses against the city, and the fines and penalties and other punishments shall be the same as is prescribed in said penal code and civil statutes.
(1996 Code, art. 7.100)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, as herein defined, within the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to loiter, as herein defined, within the city between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
(c) 
The term “loiter” is herein defined to include any of the following activities:
(1) 
Lingering in the streets, sidewalks, parking lots, or vicinity of a business, in which the person has no ownership or employment interest, either within or outside of a vehicle, when the premises are not open for business to the public without permission of the owner.
(2) 
Failure to leave private property when requested to do so by the owner, manager, proprietor, or lessee of such property.
(3) 
Walking, standing, driving a vehicle, or parking a vehicle in the city under circumstances that show no apparent business or employment-related need for such activity.
(4) 
Lingering in the streets, sidewalks, or vicinity of a residence, either within or outside of a vehicle, without the permission of the owner or tenant of the residence.
(d) 
The following activities shall not be considered “loitering” and shall be exempt from the provisions of this article:
(1) 
A person shall not be considered loitering while in direct route, and not lingering, to or from work or to or from a place of residence.
(2) 
A person shall not be considered loitering while engaged in the repair of a disabled vehicle.
(3) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18) shall not be considered loitering while engaged in or in direct route to school, church, or entertainment activities with permission of his or her parent or guardian.
(4) 
A person shall not be considered loitering while sleeping in a vehicle, provided the vehicle is parked on private property with the permission of the owner or manager of the premises, or if the vehicle is parked on public property, with permission of a peace officer of the city.
(1996 Code, art. 7.200)
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume, drink, or possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage in any public place in the city, other than the following:
(1) 
A premises operated by a person possessing a private club registration permit from the state alcoholic beverage commission, issued for such premises; or
(2) 
A special event being held in city recreational facility, meeting room in a city building, or other city facility pursuant to a special event alcoholic beverage permit approved by the city manager or his/her designee.
(1996 Code, art. 7.300; Ordinance O-20-22, sec. 2, adopted 1/3/2023)
(a) 
Any act, condition or thing existing, or in being within the city which endangers the public peace, property, health and safety of the citizens of the city is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be abated as provided for in this Code of Ordinances.
(b) 
When the city council shall have legally declared any thing, act, or commission to be a nuisance and through the police chief instructed the party guilty of maintaining or creating such nuisance to abate or remove the same within a designated or reasonable time, and notice of said action shall have been served upon the party to be so charged, and he shall fail to obey the same within the time so reasonably designated, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, which, upon conviction therefor, shall be punishable by fine as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each and every day for the existence of such public nuisance shall be and constitute a separate and distinct offense, and shall be punishable as herein provided.
(c) 
Whenever any nuisance has been declared to exist, and the city council has ordered the same to be abated, corrected, or removed, and the author of such nuisance shall fail or refuse to obey such order, the city manager shall direct the chief of police to abate the same, who shall proceed at once to carry out such order, calling such assistance as he deems necessary, and all costs accruing therein shall be taxed against the author of such nuisance and collected as other costs.
(d) 
No act, condition, or thing may be abated as a public nuisance, nor may any person be prosecuted for doing, maintaining, or permitting any such act, condition, or thing as a public nuisance, unless and until same shall have been by ordinance of the city council declared to be a public nuisance, and until such person or persons so doing, making, or permitting such act, condition, or thing shall be notified in writing to cease, remove, or abate same, and a reasonable time, not to exceed five (5) days, shall have been allowed within which same shall have not ceased, been removed, or abated.
(e) 
Without limiting the power of the city council to hereafter declare as public nuisances any other act, condition, or thing, as herein provided, the following specific acts, conditions, and things are, each and all of them, hereby declared to be and constitute public nuisances:
(1) 
Spitting upon any sidewalk or upon the floor or wall of any public building, or upon any streetcar, bus, automobile, or person.
(2) 
The accumulation of water in which mosquito larvae breed.
(3) 
The accumulation of scrap iron and metal, inoperative automobiles, worn out household appliances, scrap wood, and abandoned and decaying structures where rats, mice, rodents, snakes, and wild or abandoned animals may be concealed.
(4) 
The maintenance of any but sanitary toilets, and these only in compliance with the public health laws, ordinances and regulations of the state, county and city.
(5) 
The disposal or accumulation of any vile, decaying, or putrescent substance or other offensive material dangerous to public health, in or upon any lot, street or highway, or the escape of any gases or odors to such an extent that the same or any of them shall by reason of such offensive odors become a source of discomfort to persons living or passing in the vicinity.
(6) 
The deposit or accumulation of manure or other noxious fertilizer, unless it be in fly-proof receptacles.
(7) 
The presence of polluted water in a well, cistern, spring, or other source of water supply, when the water therefrom is used for human consumption.
(8) 
The deposit of garbage in any but fly-proof, watertight receptacles.
(9) 
Growth of weeds or grass where mosquitoes may harbor or rubbish be concealed.
(10) 
The congregating and living together of persons of either sex in any house or tenement in this city, in such numbers and under such circumstances as to endanger the health of the city, or to create contaminating diseases therein, as declared by the health officer of the city, or, in his absence, of the County of Dallas.
(11) 
The keeping or allowing to be kept in any pen, place, or premises within the city, of any animal or animals, in such manner as to be dangerous, offensive, or an annoyance to any other person whatsoever.
(12) 
The keeping of any hogs or pigs within the city.
(13) 
Trespassing upon public or private property; or the throwing, or causing to be thrown, of garbage or refuse or any noxious, offensive, or dangerous substance upon any property in the city; or the unlawful interference in any way with the person or property of others.
(1996 Code, art. 7.400)