[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson 10-16-1973 by Ord. No. 5-1973 (Ch. 68 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusements — See Ch. 67.
Lewd and offense behavior — See Ch. 188.
Transient merchants — See Ch. 203.
Noise — See Ch. 210.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 217.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LOITERING
Remaining idle in essentially one location, including the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly, and also including the colloquial expression "hanging around."
PARENT or GUARDIAN
Any adult person having care or custody of a minor, whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or otherwise.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access, including any street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business, and public grounds, areas and parks, as well as parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by or under the control of the person charged with violating this chapter or, in the case of a minor, not owned or under the control of his parent or guardian.
No person shall loiter in a public place in such manner as to:
A. 
Create or cause to be created a danger of a breach of the peace.
B. 
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort and repose of any person.
C. 
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
D. 
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public place, as defined in § 192-1. This subsection shall include the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature, or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to, or in whose hearing, they are made.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in § 192-2, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
No parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 18 years shall knowingly permit that minor to loiter in violation of this chapter.
Whenever any minor under the age of 18 years is charged with a violation of this chapter, his parent or guardian shall be notified of this fact by the Chief of Police or any other person designated by him to give such notice.
If at any time within 30 days following the giving of notice, as provided in § 192-5, the minor to whom such notice relates again violates this chapter, it shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the minor did so with the knowledge and permission of his parent or guardian.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).