It shall be unlawful for any person to aid or abet any other person in the violation of this Code of Ordinances, or of any other Town ordinance, or to procure, encourage, incite, or advise any other person to violate the same.
[Amended 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
Any person failing to obey the commands of a legally constituted police officer in the course of his/her duty shall be guilty of violating this Code, and any police officer witnessing such action shall place such person under arrest and charge them with violation of this Code.
The wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another, having a value of not more than $1,000 with intent to convert the property to the taker's use is a misdemeanor punishable in municipal court as petit larceny. (S.C. Code § 16-13-30)
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally injure, damage, mutilate, deface or destroy any animal, personal property, structure, fixture, or real property of another. If the amount of damage is not more than $1,000, violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable in municipal court. (S.C. Code § 16-11-510 — 535)
It shall be unlawful for any person to create a nuisance or engage in conduct offensive to others on the public streets or in public places while drunk or intoxicated.
[Amended 8-14-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drink intoxicating or alcoholic beverages on the public streets or on public property or private property that is posted under the jurisdiction of the Pine Ridge Police Department.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the following disorderly conduct, knowing or having reason to know that it will tend to promote or provoke a fight, assault, or brawl, or be disruptive of the lawful conduct or assembly of other persons:
A. 
To utter, while in the presence of others, any lewd or obscene epithets or make any lewd or obscene gestures with his/her hands or body; or
B. 
To use fighting words directed toward another; or
C. 
To knowingly and willfully engage in any overt physical conduct which interferes with the pursuit of a lawful occupation or activity of another person; or
D. 
Without lawful permission to congregate with another or others on any public way so as to impede the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and to refuse to clear such public way when ordered to do so by any law enforcement officer; or
E. 
In any public place to accost or attempt to force his/her company upon any person against his/her will; or
F. 
Disturb any person, audience, or group assembled in a place of worship, education, meeting of a public body, recreation, or amusement with noise, loud talking, indecent language or behavior, disruptive or distracting actions, refusal to comply with rules of procedure, or any undue interruption of proceedings.
A. 
Definition. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one location, spending time idly, loafing, or walking around aimlessly in a public place in such manner as to:
(1) 
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort and repose of any person;
(2) 
Create or cause to be created a danger of breach of the peace;
(3) 
Obstruct or hinder free passage of vehicles or pedestrians;
(4) 
Obstruct or interfere with any person lawfully in any public place;
(5) 
Engage in begging;
(6) 
Engage in gambling;
(7) 
Engage in prostitution or solicitation for sexual conduct;
(8) 
Solicit or engage in an unlicensed business or activity;
(9) 
Possess or use unlawful drugs or controlled substances; or
(10) 
Use or possess alcoholic beverages, beer, or wine.
B. 
Violation. Any person loitering in any public place as defined above may be ordered by any police officer to leave that place. Any person who refuses to leave after being ordered to do so by a law enforcement officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed or enforced in a manner to restrict the lawful exercise of freedom of speech, religion, or association.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute material, make any solicitation, or conduct any transaction with any pedestrian or occupant of a vehicle traveling or standing within that portion of the street in the Town set aside for vehicular travel, including medians, islands, and parking spaces.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person while upon any public sidewalk in the Town to accost, stop, or attempt to stop persons passing by with the intent to induce them to enter any place where merchandise or services are sold, or to solicit trade, business, or patronage for any place of business, or to molest or attempt to molest persons on the sidewalk by such solicitation.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in prostitution in the Town.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to lease, maintain, live in, visit, invite others into, or permit the use of a place which is used for purposes of prostitution, assignation, or lewd and lascivious acts.
[Added 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
A. 
Specific acts of damage to property enumerated. Whoever commits any of the following acts in the Town shall be deemed guilty of the offense of damage to the property:
(1) 
Knowingly damages any property of another, including public property without the consent of the owner.
(2) 
Recklessly, by means of fire or explosives, damages property of another.
(3) 
Knowingly starts a fire on the land of another without the consent of the owner.
(4) 
Knowingly injures a domestic animal of another without the consent of the owner.
(5) 
Knowingly deposits on the land or in the building of another, without the consent of the owner, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another of the land or building.
B. 
Entry into buildings and vehicles without consent. Any person who knowingly and without authority enters any vehicle or building or any part thereof of another, without the owner's consent, shall be guilty of trespassing.
C. 
Entry of land; remaining on land after notice to leave. Any person who knowingly enters upon the land or any part thereof of another after receiving, immediately prior to the entry, notice from the owner, occupant or person in charge of such land or part thereof or a public safety officer that the entry is forbidden or who remains upon the land of another after receiving notice to depart shall be guilty of trespassing.
D. 
Notice; public safety officer defined. For the purpose of this section, a person has received notice from the owner, occupant, or person in charge of land if he/she has been notified personally, either orally, or in writing if a printed or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrances to the land or the forbidden part thereof. For the purpose of this section, the term "public safety officer" means any person who, by virtue of his/her office or public employment, is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses.
E. 
Trespass on railroad property. Any person not being a passenger or employee, but a trespasser, found upon any railroad car, train or engine of any railroad in the city; that jumps on or off any car, train or engine on its arrival, stay or departure; or who shall operate any motor-powered bike or motor vehicle on the railroad right-of-way shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
F. 
Trespass on church property. It shall be unlawful for any person to lounge, loiter, or play upon the steps, platform, or approach to any church building or in any way trespass upon church property in the Town.
[Added 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
Any person entering upon the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, gathering fruit, wild flowers, cultivated flowers, shrubbery, straw, turf, vegetables or herbs or cutting timber on such land without the consent of the owner or manager thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Added 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make or file or cause to be made or filed a false or misleading report, allegation or complaint with the Police Department.
[Added 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
A. 
No person, other than an official police officer of the Town, shall wear or carry the uniform, apparel, badge, identification card or any other insignia of office like or similar to, or a colorable imitation of, that adopted and worn or carried by the police officers of the Town.
B. 
No person shall do or attempt any act to impersonate a police officer.
[Added 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
Any person within the Town who shall hinder, prevent or obstruct any officer or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or other process issued under the provisions of any ordinance of the Town, in arresting any person for whose arrest such warrant or other process may have been issued, or in arresting any person for any reason, felony or breach of the peace committed in his/her presence, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue such person from the custody of the officer or person lawfully assisting them, or shall aid, abet or assist any person so arrested, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custody of the officer or person assisting, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest warrant or other process shall have been issued so as to prevent their discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the issuing of such warrant or other process, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.