[Adopted 11-27-1978 by L.L. No. 8-1978[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to L.L. No. 1-1976 which established
the Code, the provisions or this article were originally designated as Ch.
40.
Any person who commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to
have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
A.
Uses offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting
language, conduct or behavior.
B.
Acts in such manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with,
obstruct or be offensive to others.
C.
By his actions causes a crowd to collect, except when
lawfully addressing such a crowd.
D.
Interferes with any person or unnecessarily crowds himself
or places a hand in the proximity of such person's pocket, pocketbook
or handbag.
E.
Stations himself on any public street of the village
or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms or who solicits
alms on any such public street unlawfully.
F.
Commits in or about any street, park or public place
within the village or in any other place within the village, so as to annoy
any other person, any lewd, wanton, indecent, immodest, obscene or filthy
act, gesture or conduct.
No person shall stand, sleep, sit or remain upon any sidewalk, street,
lobby or entrance to any public building or any building wherein the public
shall be invited to congregate, in such a manner as to interfere with public
passage upon the sidewalk or in or about any building or to cause annoyance,
inconvenience or delay to persons lawfully using such building or ways or
streets, or shall act in such manner as to be offensive to others or in such
a manner as to offend public decency, or shall refuse to move when so directed
by a police officer.
No person shall shout or make any excessive or unusual noise in or upon
any public place, street, road or highway, to the disturbance of others upon
or adjacent to said public place, street, road or highway, nor shall any person
shout or make any excessive or unusual noise within or without any building
or other structure to the disturbance of others adjacent to such building
or structure.
Any person who shall consume alcoholic beverages, including beer or
wine, on a public street, lane, sidewalk, plaza, parking lot or public or
quasi-public place or in any public conveyance or in a private motor vehicle
while same is in motion or parked in any public street, lane or public parking
lot or plaza or while upon any private property not his own, without the express
permission of the owner or other person having authority to grant such permission,
shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct. An open
bottle or container in any vehicle shall be presumptive evidence that the
same is in possession of all the occupants thereof and in violation of the
provisions of this article. An open bottle or container in the possession
of any person and containing alcoholic beverages shall be presumptive evidence
of the consuming of that alcoholic beverage by the person who has such open
bottle or container in his possession, and if he shall have such open bottle
or container in his possession in the circumstances wherein he is, by this
article, forbidden to consume alcoholic beverages, he shall be guilty of the
offense of disorderly conduct.
Any person who shall discard alcoholic beverage containers or glass
or metal containers of any sort within the Incorporated Village of Bellerose
upon any public street, lane, sidewalk, parking lot, plaza or public or quasi-public
place or upon any property not his own, without the express permission of
the owner or the person having authority to grant such permission, shall be
guilty of the offense of disorderly conduct.
A person may not intrude upon any lot or piece of land within the bounds
of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose, except public property specifically
designated for use by the public at the time when such intrusion takes place,
without authorization from the owner or owners thereof. The presence of any
person who is not the owner or owners thereof, upon any lot or piece of land
within the bounds of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose, shall be deemed
prima facie evidence that such presence is without the authorization of the
owner thereof. The presence of any person upon public property specifically
designated for use by the public, outside of the hours for which such property
is designated for use by the public, shall be deemed prima facie evidence
that such presence is without permission and is in violation of the provisions
of this article. Any person who shall so intrude upon property, in violation
of the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of the offense of disorderly
conduct.
For a violation of any provision of this article, each offender shall
be liable for and shall pay a fine not exceeding $250 or shall be liable to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or shall be liable to both
fine and imprisonment for each and every offense, and such violation shall
constitute disorderly conduct, and the person violating the same shall be
a disorderly person.
