As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
To stand idle, to move slowly about in a small area, to dawdle, lounge, hang around, linger idly or aimlessly, or any combination of them.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Haddon Heights 6-8-1971 by Ord. No. 431 (Ch. 73 of the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall loiter in a public building or other public place in such a manner as to:
A.
Create or cause to be created a danger or a breach of the peace; or
B.
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort or repose of any person; or
C.
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles; or
D.
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public place, including the making of remarks of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to whom or in whose hearing they are made.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide a person is loitering in a public building or other public place in any manner described in § 293-2 hereof, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace or safety, order that person to leave the place. Any person who shall fail or refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by the police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.